In re Lipsky’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 116 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth))
Relationships
Relies on Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · Spoljaric v. Percival Tours, Inc. · Boyles v. Kerr · Bentley v. Bunton · WFAA-TV, Inc. v. McLemore
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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is based on, relates to, or is in response to the [movant's] exercise of: (1) the right of free speech; (2) the right to petition; or (3) the right of association.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to encourage and safeguard the constitutional rights of persons to petition, speak freely, associate freely, and otherwise participate in government to the maximum extent permitted by law and, at the same time, protect the rights of a person to file meritorious lawsuits for demonstrable injury.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by clear and specific evidence a prima facie case for each essential element of the claim in question.”
14 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.