Boley v. Atlantic Monthly Group

How courts have described this case

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

• “Where, as here, ‘the substantive law of the forum state is uncertain or ambiguous, the job of the federal courts is carefully to predict how the highest court of the forum state would resolve the uncertainty or ambiguity.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adelson v. Harris
  S.D. New York· 2013-09-30· cited 46×
• Hiligh v. Sands
  D.C. Circuit· 2019-06-10· cited 30×
• Deripaska v. Associated Press
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-10-17· cited 24×
• John Doe No. 1 v. Susan L. Burke
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-05-29· cited 23×
• Abbas v. Foreign Policy Group, LLC
  District of Columbia· 2013-09-27· cited 22×
• Beach TV Props., Inc. v. Solomon
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-03-29· cited 21×
• Boomer Development, LLC v. National Association of Home Builders of the United States
  District of Columbia· 2017-06-16· cited 15×
• Forras v. Rauf
  District of Columbia· 2014-04-18· cited 7×
• Deripaska v. Associated Press
  District of Columbia· 2017-10-17
• Beach Tv Properties Inc. v. Soloman
  District of Columbia· 2018-03-29
• Hiligh v. Sands, Jr
  District of Columbia· 2019-06-10
• Myers v. District of Columbia Housing Authority
  District of Columbia· 2021-03-26
• US Dominion, Inc. v. Byrne
  District of Columbia· 2022-04-20
• Banks v. Hoffman
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2023-09-07
• Murray v. Shaw
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-26

Cites

40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 951×
• Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity
  California Supreme Court· 1999-01-21· cited 692×
• Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper
  Supreme Court· 2012-03-28· cited 461×
• Eric Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-10-14· cited 290×
• Robert C. White v. Fraternal Order of Police
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-09-19· cited 219×
• The Travelers Insurance Company v. 633 Third Associates
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-04· cited 216×
• Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-02-05· cited 205×
• Tavoulareas v. Piro
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-03-13· cited 185×
• Oparaugo v. Watts
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-10-06· cited 162×
• Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-15· cited 160×
• Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-02-18· cited 158×
• United States Of America, Ex El., Plaintiff v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-09-10· cited 153×
• Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-05-03· cited 135×
• Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. Chronicle Publishing Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-08-09· cited 130×