McLarnon v. Jokisch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that “any written or oral statement made before or submitted to a . . . judicial body” includes filing for abuse protection orders
• holding that the phrase “any written or oral statement made before or submitted to a. . .judicial body” “is broad enough to include ling for abuse protection orders and supporting afdavits”
• stating that this jurisdiction has “declined ‘to reinsert the rejected condition that the moving party’s activity must involve a matter of public concern’ ” (citations omitted)
• prevailing appellants in action under G. L. c. 231, § 59H, entitled to recover reasonable appellate attorney’s fees or statute’s provisions regarding award of fees would “ring hollow”
• anti-SLAPP statute covers filings for abuse protection orders, pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, and supporting affidavits
• anti-SLAPP statute’s definition of “a party’s exercise of its right of petition” broad enough to include filing for abuse protection order and supporting affidavit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. LaMarche
  California Supreme Court· 2003-08-18· cited 532×
• Fabre v. Walton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-04-12· cited 128×
• Chavez v. Mendoza
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-12-24· cited 99×
• Office One, Inc. v. Lopez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-11· cited 98×
• Vittands v. Sudduth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-15· cited 89×
• Baker v. Parsons
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-12· cited 87×
• Polay v. McMahon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-13· cited 86×
• Kobrin v. Gastfriend
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-20· cited 85×
• Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-05-23· cited 64×
• Wenger v. Aceto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-27· cited 48×
• Benoit v. Frederickson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-06-25· cited 42×
• Van Liew v. Stansfield
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-03-30· cited 40×
• DeRoche v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-12· cited 39×
• Cadle Co. v. Schlichtmann
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-01-17· cited 37×
• Global NAPs, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-23· cited 32×
• Marabello v. Boston Bark Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-07· cited 29×
• MacDonald v. Paton
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-02-05· cited 26×
• Adams v. Whitman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-03· cited 23×
• Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. v. Ryan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-09-26· cited 23×
• Browns Mill Development Co., Inc. v. Denton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-04· cited 17×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilcox v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-08-16· cited 304×
• Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston University
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-15· cited 258×
• Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-03-25· cited 245×
• Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-05· cited 99×
• Mary E. Hammond, Individually and Mary E. Hammond as She is the of the Estate of Charles E. Hammond v. United States
  First Circuit· 1986-03-12· cited 94×
• Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-16· cited 90×
• Rubenstein v. Royal Insurance Co. of America
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-13· cited 47×
• Police Commissioner v. Gows
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-17· cited 43×
• Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-07· cited 14×