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Burns v. Barry

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 7, 1967PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.

This is an action of tort for defamation in three counts brought against various defendants individually and as members of the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Board) and against an employee of the Board. Two of the defendant members of the Board are deceased, and the plaintiff subsequently waived his exceptions relative to two more.

The first count of the declaration is for slander and alleges that the defendant Barry as a member of the Board in 1957 made the statement, “It is a question of character and integrity. Burns took classified information from the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sheehan v. TobinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  2. Doane v. GrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  4. Vigoda v. BartonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  5. Howland v. George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  3. Susan E. Johnson v. Educational Testing ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  4. Arsenault v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980
  5. Martinez v. New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004

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