· 2/24/1978
Rzeznik v. Chief of Police of Southampton
Citations
- 373 N.E.2d 1128
- 374 Mass. 475
- 1978 Mass. LEXIS 865
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- stating that nothing in statute or legislative history suggests “that, once the fact of a conviction is sealed, it becomes nonexistent, and hence untrue for the purposes of the common law of defamation”
- \truth is an absolute defense\
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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