HAGGERTY v. GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO.


383 Mass. 406 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 844

JOHN F. HAGGERTY vs. GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Emmet Dinsmore (Clifford S. Hochman with him) for the plaintiff.

James F. McHugh for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

The judge erred in allowing the defendant's motion to dismiss under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974).

The complaint avers that the plaintiff was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission (M.D.C.) by Governor Edward J. King on the day after the latter's inauguration in January, 1979. As a result of the published materials which are under review in this case, he was forced to resign. Annexed to and made...

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