Time, Inc. v. Firestone’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
3
states following
March 1976
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Thornhill v. Alabama · St. Amant v. Thompson · Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · Garrison v. State of Louisiana
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Examples of events in the public interest, events where the public's right to know is superior to the individual's right to collect for damaged reputation include police raids for obscene books, organized crime, garbage pickups, pharmaceutical and laboratory testing, and the Master's Golf Tournament. Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc., 1969, 3 Cir., 415 F.2d 892 [affirmed (1971), 403 U.S. 29 , 91 S.Ct. 1811 , 29 L.Ed.2d 296 ]; Wasserman v. Time, Inc., 1970, 138 U.S.App.D.C. 7 , 424 F.2d 920 [cert. den. (1970), 398 U.S. 940 , 90 S.Ct. 1844 , 26 L.Ed.2d 273 ]; Arizona Biochemical Company v. Hearst Corporation, 1969, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 302 F. Supp. 412 ; United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1968, 9 Cir., 404 F.2d 706 [cert. den. (1969), 394 U.S. 921 , 89 S.Ct. 1197 , 22 L.Ed.2d 454 ]; Bon Air Hotel, Inc. v. Time, Inc., supra [ 426 F.2d 858 (5th Cir., 1970)]." [Brackets added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“According to certain testimony in behalf of the defendant, extra-marital escapades of the plaintiff were bizarre and of an amatory nature which would have made Dr. Freud's hair curl. Other testimony, in plaintiff's behalf, would indicate that defendant was guilty of bounding from one bedpartner to another with the erotic zest of a satyr. The court is inclined to discount much of this testimony as unreliable. Nevertheless, it is the conclusion and finding of the court that neither party is domesticated... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"Time has presented six cogent points on appeal. We have examined all briefs, transcripts and exhibits, listened to oral argument, and researched each point on appeal with care. We conclude that there is merit, to various degrees, to each point on appeal with the exception of number 5, passion and prejudice. Since we find a multitude of reversible error we deem it judicious to only plumb one area, constitutional privilege, better known as the New York Times doctrine."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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