Sheffield v. Cantwell’s Empirical Analysis
101 F.2d 351 · 1938
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
June 1968
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on McElroy v. Catholic Press Co. · Brown v. Smith · Dennehey v. Woodsum · Boogher v. Hough · Thomas v. Muehlmann
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The existence of malice does not tend to prove a want of probable cause, for although malice may be inferred from lack of probable cause, the absence of probable cause cannot be inferred from malice. McElroy v. Catholic Press Co., 254 Ill. 290, 294, 98 N.E. 527; Brown v. Smith, 83 Ill. 291.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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