Fleming v. Rose’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
225 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton · Summer v. Carpenter · Holtzscheiter v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc. · Miller v. City of West Columbia
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 229 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The publication of a statement is defamatory if it tends to harm the reputation of another as to lower him in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“When determining if any triable issues of fact exist, the evidence and all reasonable inferences must be viewed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When reviewing the grant of summary judgment, the appellate court applies the same standard applied by the trial court pursuant to Rule 56(c), SCRCP.”
3 later decisions 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.