Legal Opinion
Mabardi v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 1, 1964PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
In this action of tort for libel against the publisher of a newspaper, a demurrer was sustained to the plaintiff’s second amended declaration. Assigned as the ground of the demurrer was that no cause of action was stated in the declaration. The plaintiff has appealed.
The following facts are alleged. For some time prior to March 9,1962, the defendant’s newspaper, the Boston Traveler, in company with other Greater Boston newspapers, had been publishing as “headline and front page material” daily accounts of hearings held before a Congressional com mittee known as the Blatnik Committee. This…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ingalls v. Hastings & Sons Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Muchnick v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Twombly v. MonroeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Thayer v. Worcester Post Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Tobin v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Brauer v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Brown v. Hearst CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Smith v. Suburban Restaurants, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Reilly v. Associated PressMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Stanton v. Metro CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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