John Chaiken and Marilyn Chaiken v. Vv Publishing Corp. D/B/A the Village Voice, Robert Friedman, Modiin Publishing House D/B/A Maariv, and Ron Dagoni

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• finding a newspaper publisher was not vicariously liable for the actual malice of an independent contractor
• where original author of allegedly defamatory article had previously written articles for publisher and for other major publications and the contents of the article and external circumstances themselves were not of the nature to suggest falsity
• “We have jurisdiction to review the interlocutory judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered prior to the transfer of the case to a district court within our jurisdiction and the issuance by that court of a final order.”

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