Bratcher v. Gernert’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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

1. “‘■Without extended comment, we deem it sufficient to say that it conclusively appears from the words used that the gist of the article is: That the plaintiff is not a public spirited citizen; that he is seeking to take advantage of and to profit by the industry and public enterprise of other citizens of his community; and that he is unworthy - of confidence and' should not be patronized by the public. These accusations, in our opinion, expose him to public hatred and contempt, and certainly tend to deprive him of public confidence, and to injure him in his occupation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dusabek v. Martz