483 So. 2d 809 - Skoblow v. Ameri-Manage, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2018
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Quern v. Jordan · Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · In Re State of New York et al Petition of Walsh et al
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the present case, all the defendants alleged to have defamed the plaintiff either had official supervisory responsibility over the plaintiff or had responsibilities regarding personnel matters or community relations. Since the statements made concerning the plaintiff's discharge were related to and made within the scope of the defendants' official duties, we hold that these defendants are entitled to an absolute privilege and are, therefore, immune from liability for the alleged defamation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the state”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in connection with the performance of the duties and responsibilities”
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.