93 Cal. App. 4th 1432 - Walker v. Kiousis’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 871 (Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000)
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Rav v. City of St Paul Minnesota · Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · Boos v. Barry
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where public official proves actual malice, New York Times rule 'does not require proof of actual harm to reputation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.