Cleary v. Webster’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. ““On demurrer to a complaint for libel, where the publication is not libelous per se and it is necessary in consequence to allege by way of inducement or innuendo the extrinsic facts and resulting-construction which make for libel in fact, it is for the court to 'inquire whether the innuendo is warranted by the language used, considered in connection with the other facts to Avhich it relates, and if not found to be warranted, the demurrer Avill be sustained.’ 37 C. J. 52. 'The quality of an alleged libel, as it stands on the record, either simply, or as explained by averments and innuendoes, is purely a question of Iuav for the court.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Echternacht v. King

2. ““Language otherwise innocent cannot be converted into libel by innuendo giving it a forced and unnatural construction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Echternacht v. King