Rathkopf v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Campbell v. New York Evening Post, Inc. · Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n · Kimmerle v. New York Evening Journal, Inc. · Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp. · Hamilton v. . Eno
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.
“mere exaggeration, slight irony, or wit, or all those delightful touches of style which go to make an article readable, do not push beyond the limitation of fair comment. Facts do not cease to be facts because they are mixed with the fair and expectant comment of the story teller, who adds to the recital a little touch by his piquant pen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.