Daniel E. Moore v. Frank T. Greene’s Empirical Analysis
431 F.2d 584 · 1970
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently November 2001 · most notably Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc. (1992), Harmsen v. Smith (1982)
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Kennedy v. Powell
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[l]ibel is a false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, ... which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless it appears that the jury was influenced by passion or prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Malice is not inferred from the communication. Cal.Civ.Code § 48. There is a rebuttable presumption that the communication is made innocently and without malice, [citation omitted]. Actual malice must be pleaded and proved by the victim of the alleged libel, [citation omitted].”
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.