Legal Opinion

Jones v. Taibbi

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 18, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

400 Mass. 786 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 260

PETER MARK JONES

vs.

MICHAEL TAIBBI & others.[1]

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

May 5, 1987.

August 18, 1987.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

Martin C. Gideonse for the plaintiff.

John Taylor Williams for Michael Taibbi & another.

Michael J. Liston for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

LYNCH, J.

On March 30, 1978, the plaintiff, Peter Mark Jones, was taken into custody and detained in California by the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) as a suspect in a chain of notorious murders known as the Hillside stranglings. Between…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984

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