Legal Opinion
Jones v. Taibbi
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 18, 1987PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On March 30, 1978, the plaintiff, Peter Mark Jones, was taken into custody and detained in California by the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) as a suspect in a chain of notorious murders known as the Hillside stranglings. *788Between March 30, 1978, and April 3, 1978, the defendant Boston Broadcasters, Inc. (WCVB-TV Channel 5), broadcast a series of news reports about Jones’s arrest.2 The background investigation for the reports was prepared by defendant Michael Taibbi. The plaintiff was later released when police failed to charge him formally with the crimes. This action, initiated by Jones…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- James v. Gannett Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by95 opinions
- Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Noonan v. Staples, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Ayash v. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Burke v. Town of WalpoleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Draghetti v. ChmielewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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