Maheu v. Hughes Tool Co.’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 459 · 1977
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2011 · most notably Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc. (1991), Hobson v. Wilson (1984)
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Garrison v. State of Louisiana · Patterson v. United States
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the States may not permit recovery of ... punitive damages,... when liability is not based on a showing of knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth.” 418 U.S. at 349 , 94 S.Ct. at 3011 . The universally recognized implication of the Court’s curious use of the double negative here is that punitive damages are permitted when such”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Embrey v. Holly · Hunt v. Lobby“in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls; Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Embrey v. Holly
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.