FUSTOLO v. HOLLANDER

SJC-10485.

455 Mass. 861 (2010)

STEVEN C. FUSTOLO v. FREDDA HOLLANDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey S. Shapiro for the defendant.

Bruce W. Edmands (Sandy S. Shen with him) for the plaintiff.

Paul Holtzman, Sarah R. Wunsch, & Christopher T. Bavitz, for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


BOTSFORD, J.

The defendant, Fredda Hollander, appeals from the denial of her special motion to dismiss under G. L. c. 231, § 59H (§ 59H), the "anti-SLAPP" statute,1 claiming that the conduct for which she was sued—writing five newspaper articles that contained allegedly defamatory statements about the plaintiff, Steven Fustolo, and his properties located in the North End section...

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