Mitan v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) a false and defamatory statement concerning the plaintiff, (2) an unprivileged communication to a third party, (3) fault amounting at least to negligence on the part of the publisher, and (4) either actionability of the statement irrespective of special harm (defamation per se) or the existence of special harm caused by publication.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McKee v. Cosby · McKee v. Cosby

2. “A defamation claim accrues when 'the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the time when damage results.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 324 Mich. App. 51 - Catherine Puetz Md v. Spectrum Health Hospitals