Legal Opinion
Maloof v. Post Publishing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1940PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
These are eight actions by four young men, Maloof, Hadge, Aborjaily and Daher, each of whom brought an action for libel against each of two newspaper corporations publishing respectively the Boston Post and the Boston Daily Record. The alleged libels concerned the four plaintiffs and one James Abdella. The substance of the libels *280was that the five men were members of a gang of extortionists, and told one Zanditton, a garage proprietor, that they had been hired to kill him but would spare him if he would pay $25, which he paid them. On a later date, the newspapers asserted, they demanded $50…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Comerford v. MeierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Ingalls v. Hastings & Sons Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Lynch v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Bray v. HickmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jones v. TaibbiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Bander v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. GricusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- McAvoy v. ShufrinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Sanford v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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