COLUMBIA PLAZA ASSOCIATES v. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

SJC-13405.

493 Mass. 570 (2024)

COLUMBIA PLAZA ASSOCIATES v. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry F. Owens, III ( Richard K. Latimer & Robert Patrick Cooper also present) for the plaintiff.

Daryl J. Lapp ( Elizabeth H. Kelly also present) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Robert S. Mantell, Audrey Richardson, & Emma Hornsby for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association & others.

Robert C. Ross for NAIOP Massachusetts, Inc.

Jeffrey J. Pyle for New England First Amendment Coalition.

Mark S. Furman & Emily C. Shanahan for JACE Boston, LLC, & another.

Ruth A. Bourquin for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


This case is before us after a judge in the Superior Court allowed Northeastern University's (Northeastern's) special motion to dismiss various claims, pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H, and otherwise dismissed or entered summary judgment in favor of Northeastern on the plaintiff's remaining...

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