Legal Opinion
PMP Associates, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 6, 1975PublishedCited by 394 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro , C.J.
This bill in equity was brought pursuant to G. L. c. 93A, § 11, and the general equity power of the court, c. 214, § 1, alleging that the defendant committed an unfair trade practice in refusing to accept the plaintiffs advertising for publication in its newspaper. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an interlocutory decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, and from the consequent final decree dismissing the bill. We are of opinion that the demurrer was rightly sustained.
The plaintiffs bill alleges the following facts which we accept as true for purposes of ruling on the defendant’s…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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