State v. Haider’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is our opinion that only a tortured construction of the words of the letter could support such a meaning and even then the reader would have to be predisposed to imagine activities far beyond the ordinary import of the words used.... We ... conclude that the words used in this case were “obviously innocent: words which cannot properly be construed so as to convey any imputation on thé plaintiff.” No imagined innuendo can alter the sense or supply a meaning to a document which is not there. A court will not put a forced construction on words which may fairly be deemed harmless. The fact that plaintiff places a defamatory connotation op the statement does not make it actionable. , . :”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mr. G's Turtle Mountain Lodge, Inc. v. Roland Township · Moritz v. Medical Arts Clinic, P. C.

2. “"If there is any doubt as to the meaning of a publication claimed to be libelous, so that extrinsic evidence is needed to determine its character as to its being actionable, it is a question for the jury under proper instructions from the court to find its true character and significance." Newell, Slander and Libel (2d ed.) page 290.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moritz v. Medical Arts Clinic, P. C.