Legal Opinion
Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 1991PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiffs, Haim Eyal (Eyal) and Haim’s Delicatessen, Inc. (corporation), brought an action in the Superior Court seeking damages from the defendants, The Helen Broadcasting Corp. and Robert McMahon, for defamation. 3 The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ amended complaint pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), on the ground that the plaintiffs’ complaint was inadequate to state claims for defamation. A judge of the Superior Court allowed the motion to dismiss and reported the correctness of his ruling to the Appeals Court. 4 Mass. R. Civ. P. 64,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Church of Scientology of California v. Gabriel CazaresCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by325 opinions
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