Brummett v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]f the alleged libel contains matters of description or other references therein, or the extraneous facts and circumstances ... show that plaintiff was intended to be the object of the alleged libel, and was so understood by others,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 342 F. Supp. 3d 879 - Nelle v. Who Television, LLC

2. “[i]t is necessary that the recipient of the defamatory communication understand it as intended to refer to the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 342 F. Supp. 3d 879 - Nelle v. Who Television, LLC