Legal Opinion
Aaron Harkaway v. Boston Herald Traveler Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 5, 1969No. 7345_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a. verdict for the plaintiff in an action for libel.
The plaintiff is a member of the New Hampshire Bar residing and practicing in Nashua, New Hampshire. The defendant is a Massachusetts corporation which publishes a daily and a Sunday newspaper. Both papers circulate generally in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, particularly in the southern part of that state in the Nashua area. Over $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs is clearly involved in this litigation.
The material of which the plaintiff complains was first…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chagnon v. Union-Leader Corp.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1961
- Whitcomb v. Hearst Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- State v. BurnhamSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1837
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Gray v. St. Martin's Press, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Susan E. Johnson v. Educational Testing ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Flotech, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1985
- Tague v. Citizens for Law & Order, Inc.Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1977
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