5 Wash. App. 881 - Mansfield v. Holcomb’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 71 Wash. 2d 874 - Meadows v. Grant's Auto Brokers, Inc. · 74 Wash. 2d 283 - Ferrin v. Donnellefeld · 1 Wash. App. 250 - Tait v. King Broadcasting Co. · 79 Wash. 2d 816 - Miller v. Argus Publishing Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“unsupported conclusional statements cannot be considered by a court in a motion for summary judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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