893 F. Supp. 60 - Washington v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently March 2019
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Carnegie v. United States · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Scharffe v. Perkins
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.
“during the 22 years that Washington has coached the team. They lost in the first round of the tournament in 1992-93 even though two of the nation's leading players were on the team. On the other hand, the Jayhawks have been ranked nationally and have won several tournaments during Washington's years as their coach. As the district court observed, these facts are open to different interpretations by reasonable persons, who would have to ask themselves: 17 How many wins does a coach need before a writer or fan is prohibited from criticizing the coach's ability? Do commentators know the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington v. Smith“Talk about talent, the Jayhawks are loaded.... But playing to their ability is usually sabotaged by suspect coaching. This season should prove no different.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington v. Smith“so they can ascertain when their opinions have become actionable? ... Equally troubling is how a jury would consider evidence of plaintiff's ability to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington v. Smith
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.