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JONES v. TAIBBI

400 Mass. 786 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 260

PETER MARK JONES vs. MICHAEL TAIBBI & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin C. Gideonse for the plaintiff.

John Taylor Williams for Michael Taibbi & another.

Michael J. Liston for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

On March 30, 1978, the plaintiff, Peter Mark Jones, was taken into custody and detained in California by the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) as a suspect in a chain of notorious murders known as the Hillside stranglings. Between March 30, 1978, and April 3, 1978, the defendant Boston Broadcasters, Inc. (WCVB-TV Channel 5), broadcast a series of news reports about Jones's arrest.2

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