Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Globe Newspaper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1993PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
This report comes to us on a stipulation of agreed facts, together with the pleadings and certain memo- randa of law submitted to the trial judge. The underlying action is a defamation suit brought against Globe Newspaper Company, the publisher of The Boston Globe and The Boston Sunday Globe, and three of its reporters. The plaintiffs are the National Association of Government Employees, Inc. (NAGE), by its member union International Brotherhood of Police Officers, and the national president of NAGE (Lyons).
The facts are as follows. On June 2, 1990, the Massachusetts Democratic party held a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. FalwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by75 opinions
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