Legal Opinion
Lyons v. New Mass Media, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 30, 1983PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This defamation case has as its genesis an article published during the summer of 1978 by the defendant New Mass Media, Inc. (New Mass Media), during a heated campaign between two unions seeking election as bargaining agent for municipal employees in Springfield. The plaintiffs Kenneth T. Lyons, Ralph L. Atkins, and the National Association of Government Employees, Inc. (NAGE), seek redress for certain allegedly defamatory statements reported in the weekly newspaper, Valley Advocate, owned by New Mass Media. The article in dispute, entitled “Springfield Union Election Stirs Controversy,” was…
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