Millstone v. O'Hanlon Reports, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.2d 829 · 1976
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2023 · most notably Guimond v. Trans Union Credit Information Co. (1995), 132 S. Ct. 1441 - Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper (2012)
38 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 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
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Bigelow v. Virginia · Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But O’Hanlon cites the much maligned rule that there should be no recovery in tort for mere mental pain and anxiety, and directs our attention to Southern Express Company v. John Byers, 240 U.S. 612 , 36 S.Ct. 410 , 60 L.Ed. 825 (1916). Here, however, the rule is inapplicable because, unlike Southern Express, Millstone has an independent cause of action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act quite apart from any recovery he might have sought in tort.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares a consumer report it shall follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information concerning the individual about whom the report relates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Advertising, like all public expression, may be subject to reasonable regulation that serves a legitimate public interest. See Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Comm’n on Human Relations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.