Information Control Corporation v. Genesis One Computer Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
611 F.2d 781 · 1980
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 14 district · 63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 129 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. (1990), Ollman v. Evans (1984)
34 federal appellate · 14 district · 63 state decisions — followed in 18 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 Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler · 17 Cal. 3d 596 - Gregory v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · Cosgrove Studio & Camera Shop, Inc. v. Pane · Scott v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In sum, the test to be applied in determining whether an allegedly defamatory statement constitutes an actionable statement of fact requires that the court examine the statement in its totality and the context in which it was uttered or published. The court must consider all the words used, not merely a particular phrase or sentence. In addition, the court must give weight to cautionary terms used by the person publishing the statement. Finally, the court must consider all of the circumstances surrounding the statement, including the medium by which the statement is disseminated and the audience to which it is published. Id., at 784 .”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[E]ven apparent statements of fact may assume the character of statements of opinion ..., when made in public debate, heated labor dispute, or other circumstances in which an “audience may anticipate efforts by the parties to persuade others to their positions by use of epithets, fiery rhetoric or hyperbole____””
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'cautiously phrased in terms of apparency' or is of a kind typically generated in a spirited legal dispute....”
7 later decisions 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.