Wright v. Afro-American Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
4
states following
December 1954
most recently cited
2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smart v. Blanchard · Wilson v. Sun Publishing Co. · Donaghue v. Gaffy · Robinett v. McDonald · Brooks v. Collier
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In Newell, on Slander & Libel (4th ed.), p. 342, it is said: ‘It has always been held that when words are spoken of two or more persons, they cannot join in an action for the words because the wrong done to one is no wrong to the other. ... For slanderous words spoken at the same time against several parties, a joint action cannot be maintained ; each must seek a separate remedy.’ ””
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.