PERRETTA, J.
James Dickey, the former landlord of James Warren, brought an action in the Superior Court alleging that Warren had defamed him during a hearing conducted by the city of Boston's inspectional services department (department) to determine whether Dickey's residential apartment building should be condemned. Warren responded with a special motion to dismiss pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H, commonly referred to as the
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