Ball v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
416 F.3d 915 · 2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
October 2018
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Taggart v. Drake University · Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. v. Limagrain Genetics Corp. · Wisner v. Nichols · Alexis v. District of 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the alleged libel contains matters of description or other references therein, or the extraneous facts and circumstances ... show that plaintiff was intended to be the object of the alleged libel, and was so understood by others,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“One who publishes a defamatory matter concerning a group or class of persons is subject to liability to an individual member if, but only if, (a) the group or class is so small that the matter can reasonably be understood to refer to the member, or (b) the circumstances of publication reasonably give rise to the conclusion that there is particular reference to the member.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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