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CARON v. BANGOR PUB. CO.

470 A.2d 782 (1984)

Clinton P. CARON v. BANGOR PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Shiro (orally), Burton G. Shiro Law Offices, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, P.A., Bernard J. Kubetz (orally), Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The plaintiff, Clinton Caron, appeals from a summary judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) for the defendant, Bangor Publishing Company, publisher of the Bangor Daily News. The plaintiff maintains that it was error to conclude that the allegedly defamatory material published by the defendant was a statement of opinion and therefore not actionable. He also argues that the affidavits submitted by the defendant in support of its motion for...

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