Legal Opinion
Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 11, 1977PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
This was an action under the “superintendency” statute, G. L. c. 211, § 3, 2 brought in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County by Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Cape Cod Times (newspaper) , against the Appeals Court and its clerk, in which Bass River Savings Bank (bank) was admitted as an intervener. The newspaper sought a judgment vacating an impoundment order that had been granted by a single justice of the Appeals Court in the course of a separate litigation originating in the Superior Court between the bank and the Commissioner of Banks of the Commonwealth…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by55 opinions
- In Re the Knoxville News-Sentinel Company, Inc., (83-5095). In Re Knoxville Journal Corporation and Tennessee Newspapers, Inc., (83-5096)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- In Re the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Boston Herald, Inc. v. SharpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. BohmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- New Bedford Standard-Times Publishing Co. v. Clerk of the Third District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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