Lacher v. Engel’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate ·

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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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A statement made in the course of legal proceedings is absolutely privileged if it is at all pertinent to the litigation”)). 5 . In his memorandum in opposition to the motion to dismiss, Gargiulo attempts to cast the default judgment itself as defamatory because its execution on his checking account caused several checks to bounce, which in turn caused the payees of those check to believe he is a “dead-beat.” This argument merits little discussion. The default judgment was not”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gargiulo v. Forster & Garbus Esqs.

2. “Comments that essentially summarize or restate the allegations of a pleading filed in an action ... fall within § 74's privilege.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Friedman v. Bloomberg L.P.