Quilici v. Second Amendment Foundation’s Empirical Analysis
769 F.2d 414 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1)words that impute the commission of a criminal offense; (2) words that impute infection with a loathsome communicable disease; (3) words that impute an inability to perform or want of integrity in the discharge of duties of office or employment; or (4) words that prejudice a plaintiff, or impute lack of ability, in his or her trade, profession, or business.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“is to be considered in context, with the words and implications therefrom given their natural and obvious meaning; if as so construed, the statement may reasonably be innocently interpreted or reasonably be interpreted as referring to someone other than the plaintiff it cannot be actionable per se.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“are more in the nature of opinions on performance rather than statements of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.