NORTH AMERICAN EXPOSITIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. CORCORAN

No. 06-P-440.

70 Mass. App. Ct. 411 (2007)

NORTH AMERICAN EXPOSITIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP & others. v. JOSEPH J. CORCORAN, JR., & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Cooper (Juliet A. Davison with him) for the plaintiffs.

Robert E. McLaughlin, Sr. (Michael Eby & Richard D. Vetstein with him) for the defendants.

Present: LENK, GRASSO, & GRAINGER, JJ.


LENK, J.

At issue is whether the defendants engaged in petitioning activity within the meaning of G. L. c. 231, § 59H (the "anti-SLAPP"3 statute), when their representative made certain statements on two occasions to members of a statutorily created charitable foundation. The plaintiffs filed a multiple count complaint against the defendants arising out of this challenged activity...

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