478 F. Supp. 361 - Bromhall v. Rorvik’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Dombrowski v. Pfister · Corabi v. Curtis Publishing Co. · Schott v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 256 Pa. Super. 427 - Vitteck v. Washington Broadcasting Co. · Thomas v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One who gives publicity to a matter concerning another that places the other before the public in a false light is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if (a) the false light in which the other was placed would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) the actor had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“publicity (i.e., widespread dissemination), rather than mere publication, is required”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“causes of action arising under State law before the effective date of the statute.”
1 later decision 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.