Goldwater v. Ginzburg’s Empirical Analysis
414 F.2d 324 · 1969
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 6 district · 53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 186 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2024 · most notably Herbert v. Lando (1979), Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton (1989)
67 federal appellate · 6 district · 53 state decisions — followed in 21 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire
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 186 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n attempting to meet the test the plaintiff may rely upon “evidence of negligence, of motive and of intent ... for the purpose of establishing, by cumulation and by appropriate inferences,” the requisite degree of culpability. Mere statements by the defendant of his belief in the truth of a publication will carry the day only if they are not overridden by evidence establishing knowing or “reckless” falsity.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[r]epetition of another's words does not release one of responsibility if the repeater knows that the words are false or inherently improbable, or there are obvious reasons to doubt the veracity of the person quoted.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[New York Times v. Sullivan ] does not hold that evidence of negligence is inadmissible”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.