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← 53 CALAPP2D 207 - Kerby v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc.

Kerby v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

1942

Citation profile

46
cited by 46 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
6
states following
March 2019
most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 4 district · 32 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 46 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2019 · most notably Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc. (1991), Coverstone v. Davies (1952)

6 federal appellate · 4 district · 32 state decisions

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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 Davis v. Hearst · Peck v. Tribune Co. · 112 Cal. App. 285 - Melvin v. Reid · Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance · Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““ ‘Dearest: “ ‘Don’t breathe it to a soul, but I’m back in Los Angeles and more curiotis than ever to see you. Remember how I cut up about a year ago? Well, I’m raring to go again, and believe me I’m in the mood for fun. “ ‘Let’s renew our acquaintanceship and 1 promise you an evening you won’t forget. Meet me in front of Warners Downtown Theatre at 7th and Hill on Thursday. Just look for a girl with a gleam in her eye, a smile on her lips and mischief on her mind! “ ‘Fondly, “ ‘Your ectoplasmic playmate, “ ‘Marion Kerby.’ ””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Perry v. Moskins Stores, Inc.
  2. “where the mere fact of having uttered or used the words”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Edwards v. Schwartz

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.