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SCHOLZ v. DELP

Nos. SJC-11511, SJC-11621.

473 Mass. 242 (2015)

DONALD THOMAS SCHOLZ & another v. MICKI DELP. DONALD THOMAS SCHOLZ v. BOSTON HERALD, INC., & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 25, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas B. Carter ( Edward Foye & Seth J. Robbins with him) for the plaintiffs.

Kathy B. Weinman for Micki Delp.

Jeffrey S. Robbins for Boston Herald, Inc.

Bruce D. Brown & Gregg P. Leslie , of the District of Columbia, & Cynthia A. Gierhart , of New York, for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: SPINA, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

In the mid-1970s, Donald Thomas Scholz, a musician, composer, recording engineer, and record producer, founded the rock band "Boston." After many years playing in the band, Brad Delp, who was its lead singer, committed suicide on March 9, 2007. The Boston Herald, Inc., published three stories regarding Brad's suicide, written by columnists...

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