262 Ga. App. 838 - Simmons v. Futral’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · Donohoe Construction Co. v. Mount Vernon Associates · 213 Ga. App. 648 - Hanna v. McWilliams · Fedderwitz v. Lamb · 238 Ga. App. 885 - Jaillett v. Georgia Television 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ll charges, allegations, and averments contained in regular pleadings filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, which are pertinent and material to the relief sought, whether legally sufficient to obtain it or not .... However false and malicious such charges, allegations, and averments may be, they shall not be deemed libelous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.