Legal Opinion
Liquori v. Republican Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 14, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The Republican Company (Republican) owns and manages two newspapers, the Springfield Union (Union) and the Springfield Daily News (Daily News), which published articles on June 21, 1974, and June 24, 1974, respectively, stating in substance that Anthony Liquori of 658 Cooper Street, Agawam, had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to break into two Pittsfield business establishments in 1968, and that he had been sentenced to jail for this offense. 2 In fact, it was another Anthony Liquori, then living in Springfield, who had pleaded guilty as reported. Sensing a calumny, the plaintiff…
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- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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