Legal Opinion
Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 6, 1974PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The plaintiff had a jury verdict in a tort action for libel. The case is before us on the defendant’s outline bill of exceptions. The facts are as follows.
On November 4,1969, Jeffrey C. Stone, the then twenty year old son of the plaintiff, appeared in District Court charged with being present where narcotic drugs were illegally kept and with illegal possession of narcotics. A tablet alleged to be a “harmful drug” was introduced in evidence. The city marshal, Robert F. Jones, testified that *248the other defendants in the District Court case had indicated to him that the defendant Stone was the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Ball v. Wal-Mart, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- Sousa v. DavenportMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
- DelloRusso v. MonteiroMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Ricciardi v. LatifMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
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