30 Md. App. 56 - Stephens v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · Jacron Sales Co. v. Sindorf
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.
““From the foregoing excerpts from the Court’s opinion in Jacron, it is apparent that the parties, as well as the court in the trial below, were trying the issues in accordance with a slate of rules no longer valid and effective. In assessing the defamation issues posed in this appeal, we are governed not by the old rules but by the principles announced in Jacron which became effective during the pendency of this appeal. Firstman v. Atlantic Constr. & Supply, 28 Md. App. 285 [, 345 A. 2d 118 ] (1975). Because both parties to the appeal are entitled to the benefit of those principles, we shall reverse the judgment entered on the directed verdict in favor of the appellee and remand the case for a new trial.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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