Leverton v. Curtis Pub. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
192 F.2d 974 · 1951
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2002 · most notably Time, Inc. v. Hill (1967), 4 Cal. 3d 529 - Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (1971)
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co. · Hartmann v. Time, Inc. · Smith v. Doss · Sidis v. FR Pub. Corporation · Waring v. WDAS Broadcasting Station, Inc.
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Where was the right of privacy invaded, for instance: Alabama where the plaintiff lived, Pennsylvania where the Saturday Evening Post was published, or every state in the Union to which the Post goes? If so, is there a separate lawsuit for each invasion? Does recovery in one action for one invasion preclude suit in some other state for another invasion ? * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * We find no help in any of the reported cases or views expressed by the essay writers in answering the question whether this answer is one for the. fact-finding body to make. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * liability exists only if the defendant's conduct was such that he should have realized that it would be offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities. * * *”
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.