Andrews v. Stallings’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 19 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Alvarado v. KOB-TV, L.L.C. (2007), Silverman v. Progressive Broadcasting, Inc. (1998)
5 federal appellate · 19 district · 23 state decisions
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
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 7623
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Garrison v. State of Louisiana · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · Rosenblatt v. Baer
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We cannot ... consider it “atrocious” that [one of the defendants] contacted the IRS to report his suspicions regarding Plaintiffs’ income tax filings. Whatever [his] motivations, the law encourages citizens to report any suspected violation of the tax laws to the IRS. Furthermore, we have not reached the point where a lawful attempt to assist law enforcement agents is considered odious.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“accurate publication of newsworthy events does not give rise to a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress,” is not tantamount to a categorical bar. Instead, we conclude that Alvarado and Flores fail to state a claim because they have not alleged facts upon which”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“defendant's conduct was extreme and outrageous, and was done recklessly or with intent to cause severe emotional distress.”
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.