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TOWN OF HANOVER v. NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS

SJC-11396

467 Mass. 587 (2014)

6 N.E.3d 522

TOWN OF HANOVER v. NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher N. Souris for the defendant.

James A. Toomey for the plaintiff.

Richard J. Yurko , Noemi A. Kawamoto , Sarah R. Wunsch , Audrey R. Richardson, & Susan Reid, for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

IRELAND, C.J.

This case presents an issue of first impression: whether an association that has provided support for litigation, without being a named party in that litigation, has engaged in protected petitioning activities for the purposes of G. L. c. 231, § 59H. The defendant, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, appeals from a Superior Court judge's denial of its special motion to dismiss a suit by the...

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