No. 98-2228’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
6 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the republisher of a defamatory statement made by another remains subject to liability ( Restatement (Second) of Torts sec. 578 (1977) ), but he cannot be held liable unless he himself knew at the time when the statement was published that it was false, or acted in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]ne who repeats or otherwise republishes defamatory matter is subject to liability as if he had originally published it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is one of fact or opinion is a question of law.” 2 . Defendant also points the court to another statement in Melton:”
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.