242 F. Supp. 2d 1032 - Lamb v. Rizzo’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
August 2016
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on State v. Lamb · State v. Jacques · Guccione v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · USI Properties East, Inc. v. Simpson · Cardillo v. Doubleday & 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in which the substance of the plaintiffs reputation-destroying actions are in any doubt. Given the utter heinousness of the offenses which led to the plaintiffs three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment, the uncontroverted nature of those offenses, and the widespread notoriety attached to the convictions of the plaintiff as well as his periodic escapes from custody, the plaintiff has not and cannot present an actionable case of libel based upon the purported misstatements contained in Rizzo’s articles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lamb v. Rizzo“[Mr. Lamb] obtained a 38 caliber pistol. He and [a jail] trustee then took three dispatchers and a jailer captive and escaped from the jail after locking the four sheriffs officers in a jail cell. [Mr. Lamb] and [the trustee] then proceeded ■ across the street from the courthouse to a small cafe where they took a patron, Loyd Midyett, hostage. The pair then commandeered Midyett’s car ... with Midyett in their custody .... [and] they were eventually apprehended at a roadblock. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lamb v. Rizzo“(1) he was never charged with rape as to either of his victims and that his second victim told several different stories; (2) while an officer may have been shot [as] officers were pursuing him, the shot came from another officer and was in any event not life threatening; (3) there is no indication that he fooled anyone into recommending him for parole; and (4) while Lamb did abduct Ms[.] Childes [sic] from a shopping center, [he] was fully dressed as a male at that time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lamb v. Rizzo
How this case has been treated — in progress
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