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779 F.3d 628 · 2015

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2022
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Yeager v. Local Union 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America · Snyder v. Phelps · Dupler v. Mansfield Journal Co. · 134 S. Ct. 2334 - Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

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.

  1. “must show (1) that a false statement of fact was made, (2) that the statement was defamatory, (3) that the statement was published, (4) that the plaintiff suffered injury as a proximate result of the publication, and (5) that the defendant acted with the requisite degree of fault in publishing the statement.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  2. “'[I]t is for the court to decide as a matter of law whether certain statements alleged to be defamatory are actionable or not.'”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  3. “[a] statement is not a 'false statement' if, even though it is misleading and fails to disclose all relevant facts, the statement has some truth in it. Moreover, a statement that is subject to different interpretations is not 'false.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.