Legal Opinion
Roketenetz v. Woburn Daily Times, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 14, 1973PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodman, J.
These are appeals from orders sustaining demurrers to four counts in tort for libel. Each count names as plaintiff a different member of the Roketenetz family which operates a waste disposal business in Woburn. Each of the four counts (hereafter referred to collectively as the declaration1) alleges that the defendant in its newspaper *157“did publish in said paper a false and malicious libel ... with express malice toward the said plaintiff.”
The publication attached to the declaration is an account of a meeting of the board of health of the city of Woburn at which two aldermen “asked for the…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Yohe v. NugentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Kipp v. KuekerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Cefalu v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Mihalik v. DupreyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Saenz v. MorrisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
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