SIBLEY v. HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT-TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO.


391 Mass. 468 (1984)

461 N.E.2d 823

ROBERT W. SIBLEY vs. HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT-TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond R. Randall for the defendant.

Philip O'Brien, Jr., for the plaintiff.

James C. Heigham, for Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

This court granted the plaintiff's application for direct appellate review of this libel action following judgment for the defendant in the Superior Court. The plaintiff, Robert W. Sibley, raises the issue whether a newspaper's qualified privilege of "fair report" of judicial proceedings extends to publication of statements contained in an affidavit presented to a court official in order to obtain a search warrant, where the warrant in fact issued. The Holyoke...

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