No. 19-548

Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al.

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2019-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that the suit was both objectively and subjectively baseless?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that the suit was both objectively and subjectively baseless?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-27
Brief of respondents Joseph Corcoran, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2019)
2019-09-23
Application (19A332) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.
2019-09-23
Application (19A332) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until October 25, 2019.

Attorneys

Joseph Corcoran, et al.
Ilana Hope EisensteinDLA Piper LLP (US), Respondent
Joseph R. Mullins
Jonathan M. AlbanoMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Petitioner