161 F. Supp. 896 - In re Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1988
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Den Haerynck v. Thompson · Harrison v. Donnelly · Greene v. Lane · In re Greenberger
Most-quoted passages
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““In fact, actual malice is seldom present in such cases. If an act, wrongful within itself, is done intentionally and in willful disregard of what one knows to be his duty and which does, through necessity, cause an injury to another, it may be said under the act to be done willfully and maliciously.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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