Snyder v. Phelps’s Empirical Analysis

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10 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “[t]he general tenor of rhetorical speech, as well as the use of 'loose, figurative, or hyperbolic language' sufficiently negates any impression that the speaker is asserting actual facts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. McGlothlin v. Hennelly · Wheeler v. Twenty-First Century Fox

2. “It is well established that tort liability under state law, even in the context of litigation between private parties, is circumscribed by the First Amendment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stricklin v. Stefani · Edwards v. Schwartz

3. “ambiguous because the pronoun 'you' can be used to indicate either the second person singular or plural form.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Arnaudo Bros., L.P. v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd. · 221 Cal. Rptr. 3d 643 - Arnaudo Bros., L.P. v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd.