Chau v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that statement describing personal reaction to encounter is statement of pure opinion that cannot form basis for libel claim
• holding that statement describing personal reaction to encounter is statement of pure opinion that cannot form basis for libel claim
• finding that “‘worst of the worst’ . . . is a non-actionable pure opinion”
• collecting cases wherein use of language such as “I believe” signals that the statement is opinion
• collecting cases in which language such as “I believe” or “I’d say” signaled opinion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Restis v. American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-30· cited 43×
• Germain v. M & T Bank Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2015-06-19· cited 27×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• 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×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 2004-12-02· cited 611×
• Dillon v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-12-14· cited 509×
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-12-06· cited 402×
• Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-07-14· cited 401×
• Lino Celle and Radio Mindanao Network Usa, Inc. v. Filipino Reporter Enterprises Inc. And Libertito Pelayo
  Second Circuit· 2000-04-12· cited 323×
• Steinhilber v. Alphonse
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-10-23· cited 296×
• Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-12-04· cited 293×
• Gross v. New York Times Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1993-10-21· cited 285×
• James v. Gannett Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 281×
• Immuno AG. v. Moor-Jankowski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-01-15· cited 247×
• William F. Buckley, Jr. v. Franklin H. Littell
  Second Circuit· 1976-06-30· cited 220×
• Brian v. Richardson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-11-29· cited 194×
• Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2006-06-05· cited 172×
• 600 West 115th Street Corp. v. Von Gutfeld
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-10-20· cited 150×
• Silsdorf v. Levine
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-05-03· cited 129×
• Phyllis Meloff v. New York Life Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 2001-02-14· cited 126×