Sidis v. FR Pub. Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.2d 806 · 1940
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 8 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2014 · most notably Garrison v. State of Louisiana (1964), Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. (1971)
42 federal appellate · 8 district · 48 state decisions — followed in 18 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co. · 112 Cal. App. 285 - Melvin v. Reid · Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance · Brents v. Morgan
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“his subsequent history, containing as it did the answer to the question of whether or not he had fulfilled his early promise, was still a matter of public concern.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““At least we would permit limited scrutiny of the ‘private’ life of any person who has achieved, or has had thrust upon him, the questionable and indefinable status of a ‘public figure’.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“N.Y. Civil Rights Law. Section 50. Right of privacy. “A person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of his or .her parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor,””
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.