Carroll v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
June 2018
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Rosenblatt v. Baer · Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · Gazette, Inc. v. Harris
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]mproper performance of governmental functions that involve significant issues is something that would create a question that the public has a significant interest in”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Horne v. WTVR, LLC“who had authority to award government contracts and spend funds on behalf of the United States was a public official because”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Horne v. WTVR, LLC“Director of Contracting for the Southeast RMC”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Horne v. WTVR, LLC
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.