157 Ohio App. 3d 620 - Burns v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “contrary to plaintiffs' contentions, the Report's disclosure of concerns or credibility problems regarding a source displays a lack of actual malice rather than malice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Columbus, Unpublished Decision (9-29-2006) · Jackson v. City of Columbus, Unpublished Decision (10-3-2006)

2. “the plaintiff presented affirmative evidence such that a reasonable jury could find actual malice had to been shown with convincing clarity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Columbus, Unpublished Decision (9-29-2006) · Jackson v. City of Columbus, Unpublished Decision (10-3-2006)

3. “To establish reckless disregard, a defamation plaintiff must present clear and convincing evidence that the false statements were made with a `high degree of awareness of their probable falsity,' * * * or that `the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chaney v. Potsdam, Unpublished Decision (2-11-2005)