Latson v. Boaz’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
56
cited by 56 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
52 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · Hewett v. Kalish · Cheeley v. Henderson · 61 Ga. App. 216 - Ajouelo v. Auto-Soler Co. · 257 Ga. App. 566 - Sanders v. Brown
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The owner of property may bring an action for “libelous or slanderous words which falsely or maliciously impugn his title if any damage accrues to him therefrom.” OCGA § 51-9-11. “In order to sustain an action of this kind, the plaintiff must allege and prove the uttering and publishing of the slanderous words; that they were false; that they were malicious; that he sustained special damage thereby; and that he possessed an estate in the property slandered.” (Citation and punctuation omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“offered no evidence of special damages, an essential element of their claim....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“trial court correctly ruled that [defendant] was entitled to summary judgment”
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.