Legal Opinion
National Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. v. Central Broadcasting Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 13, 1979PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
National Association of Government Employees, Inc., is a labor union in the form of a nonprofit Delaware corporation, having a division known as the International Brotherhood of Police Officers with a Local No. 398 in the small town of Ware. The union complained in Superior Court of an alleged libel — a charge of “communism” — made by or on behalf of the defendant Central Broadcasting Corporation, owner of radio station WARE, in the course of a talk show on February 17, 1977, conducted by Jacquelyne Murphy, an employee of the station. After the pleadings were completed by answer to an amended…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by137 opinions
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