In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the reorganization plan has been substantially consummated, (2) whether a stay has been obtained, (3) whether the relief requested would affect the rights of parties not before the court, (4) whether the relief requested would affect the success of the plan, and (5) the public policy of affording finality to bankruptcy judgments.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Samson Energy Resources Co. v. Semcrude, L.P. · In re One2One Communications, LLC

2. “[T]hough a link and reference may bring readers' attention to the existence of an article, they do not republish the article.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mirage Entm't, Inc. v. FEG Entretenimientos S.A. · 191 Wash. App. 320 - Life Designs Ranch, Inc. v. Michael Sommer

3. “It appears that the common thread of traditional republication is that it presents the material, in its entirety, before a new audience. A mere reference to a previously published article does not do that. While it may call the existence of the article to the attention of a new audience, it does not present the defamatory contents of the article to that audience. Therefore, a reference, without more, is not properly a republication.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 191 Wash. App. 320 - Life Designs Ranch, Inc. v. Michael Sommer