Legal Opinion
Burke v. Gregg
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 5, 2012No. 2011-148-AppealPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice FLAHERTY,
for the Court.
Any listener who tunes in to local radio on a regular basis is familiar with Rhode Island’s cadre of colorful talk radio personalities. Every day, the hosts of these programs seek to create debate and com*215mentary about local news, with a palpable emphasis on the latest real or imagined political intrigue. The stimulus for the conversation often is an article or story reported by an organ of the news media. On occasion, tensions flare and these conversations deteriorate from moderate exchanges into heated free-for-all arguments: the tone can become caustic,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Standing Committee on Discipline of the United States District Court for the Central District of California v. Stephen YagmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Swerdlick v. KochSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- Mesolella v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
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