Dickey v. CBS Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 1221 · 1978
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 2003 · most notably Cianci v. New Times Publishing Company (1980), 91 Ill. App. 3d 735 - Newell v. Field Enterprises, Inc. (1980)
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 10 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · St. Amant v. Thompson · Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[wjhile the Second Circuit found that there can be no liability despite the publisher’s “serious doubts” as to the truthfulness, St. Amant [v. Thompson, 390 U.S. 727 ] holds that for libel against a public figure to be proved, “[t]here must be sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication. Publishing with such doubts shows reckless disregard for truth or falsity and demonstrates actual malice.” 390 U.S. at 731 , 88 S.Ct. at 1325 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“These cases are clear that reckless conduct is not measured by whether a reasonably prudent man would have published, or would have investigated before publishing. There must be sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.