Westridge v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2000
most recently cited
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Mauney v. Millar · Mock v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thus, under the established law of Arkansas, statements in pleadings in judicial proceedings are absolutely privileged as long as the statements are relevant and pertinent to the issues raised in the case. Statements in pleadings, if relevant and pertinent to the issues, are absolutely privileged even if the statements are false and made maliciously. The issue which the court must resolve . . . is . . . whether the allegations were relevant and pertinent . . . It is clear that this issue is one to be resolved by the court rather than a jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pogue v. Cooper
How this case has been treated — in progress
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