Legal Opinion
MiGi, Inc. v. Gannett Massachusetts Broadcasters, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 19, 1988No. 87-154PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On December 13, 1984, during the pre-Christ-mas shopping season, the Department of Public Health (DPH), in association with the State Fire Marshal’s office of the Department of Public Safety, put out a statement, in the form of a press release, that DPH was “in the process of ordering off sale all stuffed toys that do not have labels, or those which have strong petroleum-like odors.” Particularly under scrutiny were “look-alike” dolls imitative of the line of “Cabbage Patch” dolls that had achieved sweeping popularity at the time. Follow ing up on the release, Ann Dufresne, a news reporter…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bander v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- New England Tractor-Trailer Training of Connecticut, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Merrill v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Ricci v. Venture Magazine, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Villanueva v. Hernández ClassSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1991
- ELM Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Brown v. Hearst CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Yohe v. NugentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Howell v. THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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