Huff v. Jennings’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 12 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “One who publishes a false statement harmful to the interests of another is subject to liability for pecuniary loss resulting to the other if (a) he intends for publication of the statement to result in harm to interests of the other having a pecuniary value, or either recognizes or should recognize that it is likely to do so, and (b) he knows that the statement is false or acts in reckless disregard to its truth or falsity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pond Place Partners, Inc. v. Poole

2. “The rales on liability for the publication of an injurious falsehood stated in § 623A apply to the publication of a false statement disparaging another’s property rights in land, chattels or intangible things, that the publisher should recognize as likely to result in pecuniary harm to the other through the conduct of third persons in respect to the other’s interests in the property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pond Place Partners, Inc. v. Poole

3. ““(1) the publication of (2) a false statement (3) derogatory to [Collins’] title (4) with malice (5) causing special damages (6) as a result of diminished value of the property in the eyes of third parties.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sapphire Development, LLC v. Span USA Inc.