Belanoff v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
November 1996
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“[tjhe law does not provide a remedy against all activity which an individual may find annoying, but where severe mental anguish is inflicted through a deliberate and malicious campaign of harassment, a remedy is available (citation omitted). The conduct complained of must exceed all bounds usually tolerated by society (citation omitted) and the misconduct must be of the most egregious nature (citation omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doolittle v. Ruffo
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