Melius v. Glacken’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining whether a statement constitutes a nonactionable opinion, a question of law for the court, the “factors to be considered are: (1) whether the specific language in issue has a precise meaning which is readily under stood; (2) whether the statements ■ are capable of being proven true or false; and (3) whether either the full context of the communication in which the statement appears or the broader social context and surrounding circumstances are such as to signal ... readers or listeners that what is being read or heard is likely to be opinion, not fact.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 F. Supp. 3d 137 - Friedman v. Bloomberg LP

2. “because the plaintiff was seeking an amount”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Friedman v. Bloomberg L.P.