Polay v. McMahon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 district · 17 state decisions

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

1. “To make out a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, the plaintiffs were required to show (1) that [the defendant] intended, knew, or should have known that his conduct would cause emotional distress; (2) that the conduct was extreme and outrageous; (3) that the conduct caused emotional distress; and (4) that the emotional distress was severe.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Galvin v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

2. “furthers the statute's underlying purposes of broadly protecting petitioning activity and promoting resolution of 'SLAPP' litigation 'quickly with minimum cost.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garrett M. Cornelius v. The Chronicle, Inc.

3. “[M]ere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 - W.R.S. v. R.S.