Legal Opinion
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Inc. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Inc., the publisher of The Evening Gazette, a daily newspaper, and E. Thomas McCabe, Jr., a reporter, were convicted of criminal contempt in the Superior Court, Worcester County, and bring this petition for writ of error. The case was reserved and reported without decision by the single justice upon the petition, the assignments of error, the return of the Superior Court, the answer of the Commonwealth, and a stipulation. In the companion cases, which were the complaints for contempt, the defendants (petitioners here) allege exceptions.
The stipulation recites…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CaritaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. ElderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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