Draghetti v. Chmielewski

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that where a communication is susceptible of both a defamatory and non-defamatory meaning, a question of fact exists for the jury
• concluding defendant’s letter containing false statement that resulted in termination of employment could be considered improper means
• treating unlawful interference with advantageous business relations together with and under rules for unlawful interference with contractual relations
• upholding award of emotional distress damages to plaintiff who proved that defendant’s interference had caused him to lose part-time job
• sending letter with false statement to convince third party to terminate -7- plaintiff’s employment was improper means
• also rejecting argument that police chief “and the citizens who read the [newspaper] share a ‘common interest’ in the communication which entitles him to a qualified privilege”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

113 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Noonan v. Staples, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2009-02-13· cited 294×
• Kurker v. Hell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-01-22· cited 195×
• Paula A. Konikoff v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
  Second Circuit· 2000-12-07· cited 170×
• Blackstone v. Cashman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-01-18· cited 169×
• Burke v. Town of Walpole
  First Circuit· 2005-04-26· cited 148×
• Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-02-03· cited 136×
• Howcroft v. City of Peabody
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-17· cited 118×
• Celia G. Zimmerman v. Direct Federal Credit Union and David Breslin
  First Circuit· 2001-09-04· cited 116×
• Weber v. Community Teamwork, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-08-13· cited 100×
• Sindi v. El-Moslimany
  First Circuit· 2018-07-11· cited 96×
• Ruffino v. State Street Bank and Trust Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-11-29· cited 81×
• Dulgarian v. Stone
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-07-24· cited 71×
• HipSaver, Inc. v. Kiel
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-13· cited 67×
• Ellis v. Safety Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-11-18· cited 66×
• Cavicchi v. Koski
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-10-31· cited 58×
• Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. v. Brauer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-09-15· cited 57×
• Stanton v. Metro Corporation
  First Circuit· 2006-02-23· cited 41×
• Sietins v. Joseph
  D. Massachusetts· 2003-01-06· cited 41×
• Hunneman Real Estate Corp. v. Norwood Realty, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-09· cited 39×
• Kunelius v. Town of Stow
  First Circuit· 2009-11-09· cited 36×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATES
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-30· cited 681×
• United Truck Leasing Corp. v. Geltman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-07· cited 304×
• Foley v. Polaroid Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-21· cited 265×
• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-29· cited 257×
• G.S. Enterprises, Inc. v. Falmouth Marine, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-23· cited 257×
• Correllas v. Viveiros
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-05· cited 253×
• Bratt v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-16· cited 228×
• Solimene v. B. GRAUEL & CO., KG
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-04· cited 178×
• Uloth v. City Tank Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-21· cited 126×
• Jones v. Taibbi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-18· cited 96×
• McAvoy v. Shufrin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-01-27· cited 71×
• Mulgrew v. City of Taunton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-11· cited 69×
• Santa Maria v. Trotto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-06-28· cited 56×
• Everett v. Bucky Warren, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-05· cited 51×
• Shore v. Retailers Commercial Agency, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-05-01· cited 47×
• Tropeano v. Atlantic Monthly Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-05· cited 45×
• Fleming v. Benzaquin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-16· cited 42×