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ROBERT O'BRIEN vs. ALAN BOROWSKI
SJC-10866
CASE HEADERCase StatusDecided (Full Opinion)Status Date01/31/2012NatureSuperintendence, c211, s3Entry Date12/08/2010AppellantDefendantCase TypeCivilBrief StatusBrief DueQuorumIreland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk, JJ.Argued Date11/07/2011Decision Date01/31/2012AC/SJ NumberSJ-2010-0442CitationDAR/FAR NumberLower Ct Number2010-45RO-149Lower CourtSJC for Suffolk CountyLower Ct JudgeMaureen E. Walsh, J.Route to SJCDirect Entry: Single Justice Reservation & Report
INVOLVED PARTYATTORNEY APPEARANCE
Robert O'Brien
Defendant/Appellant
Blue brief filed
Jeremia A. Pollard, Esquire
Alan Borowski
Plaintiff/Appellee
Red brief filed
Eric Lucentini, Esquire
Sandra Lucentini, Esquire
Elaine M. Reall, Esquire
The Victim Rights Law Center
Amicus
Amicus brief filed
Susan M. Finegan, Esquire
Andrew Neil Nathanson, Esquire
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Esquire
Helen Gerostathos Guyton, Esquire
Jamison Arterton, Esquire
The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Amicus
Awaiting green brief
Susan M. Finegan, Esquire
Andrew Neil Nathanson, Esquire
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Esquire
Helen Gerostathos Guyton, Esquire
Jamison Arterton, Esquire
Jane Doe, Inc.
Amicus
Awaiting green brief
Susan M. Finegan, Esquire
Andrew Neil Nathanson, Esquire
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Esquire
Helen Gerostathos Guyton, Esquire
Jamison Arterton, Esquire
ACLU of Massachusetts
Amicus
Amicus brief filed
Patricia A. DeJuneas, Esquire
Sarah R. Wunsch, Esquire
BRIEFSAppellant O Brien Brief 
Appellee Borowski Brief Amicus Victim Rights Brief Amicus ACLU Brief
DOCKET ENTRIESEntry Date Paper Entry Text12/08/2010#1Entered. Notice to counsel.12/17/2010#2Agreed upon briefing schedule: Appellant's brief and record appendix on or before 1/18/2011; and Appellee's brief to be filed 30 days following service. (Allowed) Notice sent.01/18/2011#3SERVICE of appellant's brief for Robert O'Brien by Jeremia A. Pollard, Esquire.02/04/2011#4ANNOUNCEMENT: The Justices are soliciting amicus briefs. Whether G. L. c. 258E, the civil harassment protection statute, is unconstitutionally broad to the extent that it may regulate protected speech; whether litigation under that statute becomes moot by reason of criminal proceedings based on the same conduct; whether G. L. c. 211, § 3, should continue as the avenue of review of orders entered under the statute. Argument is tentatively scheduled for May 2011. Amicus submissions are due two weeks before the first day of the sitting in which argument is scheduled.02/22/2011#5SERVICE of brief for Plaintiff/Appellee Alan Borowski by Elaine M. Reall, Eric Lucentini, Sandra Lucentini.05/31/2011#6NOTICE of September argument sent.07/11/2011#7NOTICE of October argument sent.09/02/2011#8NOTICE of November argument sent.09/30/2011#9ORDERED for Reserve Argument on November 7. Notice sent.10/04/2011#10Order of Reserve Argument vacated. ORDERED for argument on November 7. Notice sent.10/17/2011#11MOTION TO FILE AMICUS BRIEF, filed for The Victim Rights Law Center & others by Susan M. Finegan, Esquire.(Referred to the quorum.)10/17/2011#12SERVICE of amicus brief for Amicus The Victim Rights Law Center & others by Susan M. Finegan.11/03/2011#13MOTION TO FILE AMICUS BRIEF, filed for ACLU of Massachusetts by Patricia A. DeJuneas, Esquire.11/03/2011#14SERVICE of amicus brief for Amicus ACLU of Massachusetts by Patricia A. DeJuneas.11/07/2011 Oral argument held. (Ireland, C.J., Spina, J., Cordy, J., Botsford, J., Gants, J., Duffly, J., Lenk, J.).01/31/2012#15RESCRIPT (Full Opinion): We remand the case to the county court and direct the single justice to vacate the order of harassment. (By the Court) Reasons as on file. Notice sent.
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