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RICCI v. VENTURE MAGAZINE, INC.

Civ. A. No. 81-2182-K.

574 F.Supp. 1563 (1983)

Joseph RICCI, Plaintiff, v. VENTURE MAGAZINE, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory V. Sullivan, Ralph Warren Sullivan, Malloy & Sullivan, Hingham, Mass., L. Michael Hankes, Malloy & Sullivan, Manchester, N.H., for plaintiff.

John M. Harrington, Jr., Cheryl A. LaFleur, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

OPINION

KEETON, District Judge:

This defamation case involves the common law privilege to report judicial proceedings and federal constitutional protection for media reports and for expressions of opinion. By reason of their combined effect, I conclude that summary judgment must be entered for the defendant.

No choice of law issue is argued by the parties, and for present purposes I look primarily to Massachusetts cases and the Restatement (Second...

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