A developer’s malicious-prosecution action against a Union City man and his lawyer who challenged a condominium project approval was a SLAPP suit meant to silence their opposition, and so he will have to pay their legal fees, a state appeals court says.

Maximus Real Estate Fund accused retired businessman Larry Price and Edgewater solo Libero Marotta of bringing a prerogative writ action against the Union City Board of Adjustment to extort money from the developer.

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