Simmons v. Strickland’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The [c]ourt instructs the jury that the [p]laintiffs, in order to recover against the [defendant, WLOX, must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the language complained [of], as published by WLOX[,] was false and defamatory. The [c]ourt further instructs the jury that if the [plaintiffs fail to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the following statements allegedly broad-casted by WLOX were both false and defamatory, then it is your sworn duty as jurors to return your verdict in favor of the [defendant, WLOX: “were not licensed contractors”; “they had been sued for defective work by Mr. Wayne Fairley”; or “they had never been licensed contractors in Mississippi[.”] In reaching your verdict, you are not to consider whether any other words or language [p plaintiffs claim WLOX broadcasted were false and defamatory.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hudson v. WLOX, Inc.