Lemelson v. Bloomberg L.P.’s Empirical Analysis
903 F.3d 19 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 8 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · St. Amant v. Thompson
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e draw the facts from the plaintiffs' complaint, 'documents attached to or fairly incorporated into the complaint,' 'facts susceptible to judicial notice,' and 'concessions in [the] plaintiff[s'] response to the - 11 - motion to dismiss.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here must be sufficient evidence to permit the conclusion that the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication. Publishing with such doubts shows reckless disregard for truth or falsity and demonstrates actual malice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[F]ailure to investigate before publishing, even when a reasonably prudent person would have done so, is not sufficient to establish reckless disregard,”
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.