Hoeck v. Tiedebohl’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1974
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colbert v. Journal Publishing Co. · Stewart v. Ging · Young v. New Mexico Broadcasting Company · Ward v. Ares · Del Rico Co. v. New Mexican, 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Any false and malicious writing published of another is libelous per se, when its tendency is to render him contemptible or ridiculous in public estimation, or expose him to public hatred or contempt, or to hinder virtuous men from association with him.’ ****** “The term ‘per se’ means by itself; simply as such; in its own nature without reference of its relation; and in connection with libel, the term is applied to words which are actionable because they of themselves, without anything more, are opprobrious.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Frost
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.