Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
415 F.2d 892 · 1969
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2013 · most notably Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974), Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. (1971)
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Thornhill v. Alabama · Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · Garrison v. State of Louisiana
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The primary value of these items to the public is in conveying the latest news as promptly as possible so that it has the opportunity to be informed of news items of possible immediate public concern. Id. at 895.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although defendant contends to the contrary, we shall accept the district court’s conclusion that certain of the statements in the two series were defamatory as a matter of Pennsylvania law and, in the circumstances, created a jury issue under such law.” 415 F.2d p. 894.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no rational distinction can be made between radio and television on the one hand and the press on the other in affording the constitutional protection contemplated by the First Amendment,”
1 later decision 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.