· 6/30/1950
Sheehan v. Tobin
Citations
- 93 N.E.2d 524
- 326 Mass. 185
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying mutual interest conditional privilege to defendant reporting meeting minutes to board
- conditional privilege exists where publisher and recipient have common interest and communication reasonably calculated to further that interest
- “This defen[s]e of conditional privilege is applied usually in cases where information is sought from an employer as to the qualifications or character of a[n] . . . employee.”
- report of board meeting of labor union
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Judges: Qua, Lummus, Wilkins, Williams, Counihan
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