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· 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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