Stokes v. CBS INC.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“With the emerging popularity of self-styled ‘magazine’ news programs, courts should be sensitive to the possibility that a transcript which appears relatively mild on its face may actually be, when the total mix of creative ingredients are considered, highly toxic. Indeed, a clever amalgamation of half-truths and opinion-like statements, adorned with orchestrated images and dramatic audio accompaniment, can be devastating when packaged in the powerful television medium.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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