McKee v. Cosby’s Empirical Analysis
874 F.3d 54 · 2017
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · Time, Inc. v. Firestone · Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e 'accept as true the complaint's well-pleaded factual allegations' and 'draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the non-moving party,'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The First Amendment generally protects statements of opinion where the speaker 'outlines the facts available to him, thus making it clear that the challenged statements represent his own interpretation of those facts . . . .'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. SEC v. Lemelson“[a]n individual becomes a 'general-purpose' public figure if he [or she] 'achieve[s] such pervasive fame or notoriety that he becomes a public figure for all purposes and in all contexts.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.