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MURPHY v. BOSTON HERALD, INC.

449 Mass. 42 (2007)

ERNEST B. MURPHY v. BOSTON HERALD, INC., & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Sanford, of the District of Columbia (Bruce D. Brown, of the District of Columbia, & Jeffrey P. Hermes with him) for the defendants.

Michael Avery (Howard M. Cooper with him) for the plaintiff.

Jonathan M. Albano & Carol E. Head, for The Associated Press & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, & Cowin, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

We have before us on direct appellate review the special verdict of a jury in the Superior Court in a defamation case brought by the plaintiff, a judge of the Superior Court, against the defendants, the Boston Herald, Inc., and its reporter, David Wedge. The jury found that the defendants published a series of false statements about the plaintiff that held him up to public disgrace and contempt, and, further, that they published the statements either with...

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