Valentine v. C.B.S., Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably 173 W. Va. 699 - Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc. (1984), Romaine v. Kallinger (1988)
9 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
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 United States v. Clark · Cason v. Baskin · 273 So. 2d 774 - Wolfson v. Kirk · 83 So. 2d 34 - Jacova v. Southern Radio and Television Company · Diplomat Electric, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Id. at 433. The court stated: The trial court properly held that, as a matter of law, the ballad”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Second, the facts indicate there is no triable issue as to whether the defendants took reasonable precautions to ensure the song’s accuracy, particularly in view of their beliefs that Valentine was not part of the conspiracy and that the song did not depict her as being so. Several individuals, including two attorneys, repeatedly reviewed the lyrics. The plaintiff offered nothing to rebut defendant Dylan’s deposition testimony that he believed the song did not depict Valentine as a participant in the alleged frame-up. All defendants shared this belief. Nothing in the record contradicts the district court’s view in this regard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“use is actionable under the statute because of the way the defendants associate the individual's name or personality with something else.”
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.