Jones v. Hester’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 1988
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The verdict on Issue No. 1 [publication of the libel] entitled the plaintiff to nominal damages. Any further compensatory damages (other than nominal) could be awarded only upon the basis of proof, by the greater weight of the evidence. The answer to Issue No. 2 [malice] permitted the jury to award punitive damages in its discretion, not as a matter of right, but as punishment for intentional wrongdoing.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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