McGee v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
November 2018
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Yeager v. Local Union 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America · Allard v. Weitzman · Windsor v. The Tennessean
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.
“Where, as here, the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress arises out of the same facts as a defamation claim, and is therefore entirely derivative of the defamation claim, the emotional distress claim cannot survive the dismissal of the underlying cause of action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“if allegedly defamatory words are susceptible to two meanings, one defamatory and one innocent, the defamatory meaning should be rejected, and the innocent meaning adopted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“publication is not actionable in the absence of proof of special damages to the one claiming to be libeled.”
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.