Blumenstein v. Chase’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
April 2000
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Special damages consist of 'the loss of something having economic or pecuniary value which must flow directly from the injury to reputation caused by the defamation[.]'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“impairment of reputation and standing in the community, personal humiliation, and mental anguish and suffering.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.