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APPLEBY v. DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE

395 Mass. 32 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 721

KENNETH A. APPLEBY vs. DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Howland for the plaintiff.

James Heigham (Frank Libby, Jr., & Alexandra Leake with him) for the Daily Hampshire Gazette & others.

Charles Donelan, for The Associated Press, & William Darrin, for United Press International, Inc., amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Gerald May, Sr., Michael J. McHugh & Mark C. O'Connor, for The Hearst Corporation, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

In 1981 and 1982, Kenneth A. Appleby commenced approximately ninety-four separate actions, alleging that various newspapers, radio and television stations, and individuals had made false and defamatory statements about him. The statements concerned a criminal investigation which culminated in Appleby's convictions for assault and battery, rape, and kidnapping. See Commonwealth v. Appleby,

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