Covino v. Hagemann

How courts have described this case

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

• holding statements that characterized plaintiff's behavior as \racially insensitive\ were protected expressions of opinion and did not give rise to an action for defamation
• holding statements that characterized plaintiff's behavior as \racially insensitive\ were protected expressions of opinion and did not give rise to an action for defamation
• \In daily life [the word] 'racist' is hurled about so indiscriminately that it is no more than a verbal slap in the face[.]\
• \In daily life [the word] 'racist' is hurled about so indiscriminately that it is no more than a verbal slap in the face[.]\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hagemann v. Molinari
  E.D. New York· 1998-08-06· cited 5×
• Walpole v. Charleston County
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-11-06

Cites

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

• Liberman v. Gelstein
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-11-24· cited 838×
• Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-07-14· cited 401×
• Steinhilber v. Alphonse
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-10-23· cited 296×
• Gross v. New York Times Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1993-10-21· cited 285×
• A. G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v. Lezak
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-12-18· cited 248×
• Immuno AG. v. Moor-Jankowski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-01-15· cited 247×
• Morone v. Morone
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-06-06· cited 242×
• 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×
• Ward v. Zelikovsky
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-06-20· cited 127×
• Weiner v. Doubleday & Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-12-14· cited 78×
• Privitera v. Town of Phelps
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-01-23· cited 49×
• Hollander v. Cayton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-12-29· cited 47×
• Rand v. New York Times Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-07-03· cited 45×
• Parks v. Steinbrenner
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-07-23· cited 36×
• Raible v. Newsweek, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 27×
• McManus v. Doubleday & Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1981-05-28· cited 23×
• Park v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-07-14· cited 21×
• Miller v. Richman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-12-30· cited 21×
• Wecht v. PG Publishing Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-30· cited 19×