Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mason

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 15, 1972No. Appeals, 76 and 77Published

1Opinion of the Court

222 Pa. Superior Ct. 453 (1972)

Commonwealth

v.

Mason, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 13, 1972.

September 15, 1972.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.

Richard M. Mohler, Public Defender, for appellant.

Horace J. Culbertson, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY PACKEL, J., September 15, 1972:

The appellant was found guilty of maliciously libeling two judges, a district attorney, an editor and chairman of a water authority, and a businessman and chairman of a sewer authority. Some samples of appellant's…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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  3. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Ashton v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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