467 So. 2d 1114 - Kent v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 777 F. Supp. 945 - McCray v. Holt · 813 So. 2d 985 - Normius v. Eckerd Corp.

2. “Thus, we harbor no doubt that the telephone calls received by Kent were offensive and impaired him, his tranquility, and the peacefulness of his home. We are no less persuaded that Harrison's conduct was intentionally designed and undertaken to distress and annoy Kent. In fulfilling the responsibility assigned to us in Metropolitan [ Life Insurance Company v. McCarson 467 So.2d 277 (Fla. 1985)], however, we cannot conclude that such behavior was "so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency." 467 So.2d at 279. Moreover, Kent's state of vexation, irritation, and agitation cannot be the foundation for a finding that Harrison's behavior is within the range marked out in Metropolitan by the standard of "atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community." Id.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 695 F. Supp. 2d 1303 - Oppenheim v. I.C. System, Inc. · 573 So. 2d 1060 - Stoddard v. Wohlfahrt

3. “several months continued campaign of telephonic harassment in the aftermath of a verbal conflict”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 768 So. 2d 1198 - Nims v. Harrison