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NORTH AMERICAN EXPOSITIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. CORCORAN

SJC-10118.

452 Mass. 852 (2009)

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

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McLaughlin, Sr. (Michael Eby with him) for the defendants.

Howard M. Cooper (Edward Foye with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, & BOTSFORD, JJ.

COWIN, J.

In this case we consider whether a complaint against the owners and operators of a convention center was properly dismissed under G. L. c. 231, § 59H. This statute, commonly known as the "anti-SLAPP" ("strategic litigation against public participation") statute,4 is intended to protect the "exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances." Duracraft Corp. v.

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