Dolgencorp, LLC v. Spence’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 875 So. 2d 1143 - Waddell & Reed, Inc. v. UNITED INVEST. LIFE INS. CO. · Louisville N. R. Co. v. Maddox · 447 So. 2d 133 - Nat. SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen · Birwood Paper Company v. Damsky
Most-quoted passages
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“1) a false and defamatory statement concerning the plaintiff; 2) an unprivileged communication of that statement to a third party; 3) fault amounting at least to negligence on the part of the defendant; and 4) either actionability of the statement irrespective of special harm or the existence of special harm caused by the publication of the statement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“1) that a prior judicial proceeding was instigated by the defendant 2) without probable cause and 3) with malice; 4) that that prior proceeding was terminated in the plaintiff's favor; and 5) that the plaintiff suffered damage[ ] as a result of that prior proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Roberson v. Walker
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.