Legal Opinion
Bratt v. International Business MacHines Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 16, 1984PublishedCited by 225 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified to us seven questions as to Massachusetts law raised by libel and invasion of privacy claims brought by the plaintiff Robert Bratt against the defendants. The plaintiffs’ action against International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was commenced in the Superior Court in Middlesex County in February, 1980. 3 IBM filed a petition for removal to the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, claiming diversity of citizenship, and the case was removed to that court. 4
The defendants moved in Federal court for…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Cort v. Bristol-Myers Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Bander v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Horne v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Hague v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
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3Cited by225 opinions
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- Bally v. Northeastern UniversityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Kuwik v. Starmark Star Marketing & Administration, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1993
- Draghetti v. ChmielewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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