Fine v. ESPN, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
March 2021
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · DiFolco v. MSNBC Cable L.L.C. · Samuels v. Air Transport Local 504 · Roth v. Jennings · Hayden v. Paterson
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 ordinary viewer or reader [is] able to determine from the publication itself that the publication is reporting on the proceeding,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“If context indicates that a challenged portion of a publication focuses exclusively on underlying events, rather than an official proceeding relating to those events, that portion is insufficiently connected to the proceeding to constitute a report of that proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“If the context in which the statements are made make[s] it impossible for the ordinary viewer to determine whether defendant was reporting [on a proceeding], the absolute statutory privilege does not attach.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.