Biospherics, Incorporated v. Forbes, Incorporated Caroline Waxler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a column's observation that a company's stock price was based on \hype and hope\ was opinion
• holding that Milkovich provided that statements are actionable if they “can be reasonably interpreted to declare or imply untrue facts”
• recognizing that Milkovich, like Potomac Valve, placed “primary emphasis . . . on verifiability of the statement”
• holding that an article stating that “[i]nvestors will sour on Biospherics when they realize that Sugaree isn’t up to the company’s claims” was not defamatory because “the article clearly disclosed the factual bases for its view”
• noting that statements are actionable if they “can be reasonably interpreted to declare or imply untrue facts”
• observing that the court is “obliged to assess how an objective, reasonable reader would understand a challenged statement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).