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MATERIA v. HUFF

394 Mass. 328 (1985)

475 N.E.2d 1212

ANTHONY J. MATERIA vs. HAROLD K. HUFF & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina S. White for the plaintiff.

L. Barry Tinkoff, for Harold K. Huff, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

The defendant Huff appeals from a judgment in a libel action holding himself and three other union members jointly and severally liable for $15,000.1 The main issue raised by the appeal is Huff's claim of error in the judge's instructions to the jury on the plaintiff's status as a public figure. Because the judge did not instruct the jurors that, as a matter of law, the plaintiff was a limited public figure, we reverse and remand...

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