Fleming v. Moore

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that accusation of racism hurled at university professor did not rise to level of defamation per se
• implying that all types of defamation per se are insulting
• applying New York Times actual malice standard of proof to award of punitive damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

74 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ida Maxwell Wells v. G. Gordon Liddy, Phillip MacKin Bailley, Movant
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-07-28· cited 269×
• Gazette, Inc. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-02-01· cited 242×
• Fleming v. United States
  District of Columbia· 1994-03-25· cited 156×
• Great Coastal Express, Inc. v. Ellington
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-09-06· cited 106×
• Yeagle v. Collegiate Times
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 96×
• WJLA-TV. v. Levin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-06-07· cited 68×
• Geyer v. Steinbronn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-03· cited 65×
• Michael Anthony Stamathis v. Flying J, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation David L. Hansen
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-11-10· cited 49×
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Lipscomb
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-10-30· cited 48×
• Haigh v. Matsushita Elec. Corp. of America
  E.D. Virginia· 1987-12-28· cited 46×
• Clemente v. Espinosa
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1990-09-27· cited 41×
• Bay Tobacco, LLC v. Bell Quality Tobacco Products, LLC
  E.D. Virginia· 2003-04-24· cited 41×
• Peacock Buick, Inc. v. Durkin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-04-24· cited 38×
• JTH Tax, Inc. v. Grabert
  E.D. Virginia· 2014-03-26· cited 35×
• Edwards v. Schwartz
  W.D. Virginia· 2019-03-19· cited 34×
• Church of Scientology International v. Mitchell Daniels
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-05-04· cited 31×
• Oberbroeckling v. Lyle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 30×
• Echtenkamp v. Loudon County Public Schools
  E.D. Virginia· 2003-06-24· cited 28×
• Greenmoss Builders, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-04-15· cited 27×
• Warren v. Bank of Marion
  W.D. Virginia· 1985-09-20· cited 25×

Cites

23 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×
• Hutchinson v. Proxmire
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 738×
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 626×
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 442×
• United States v. Univis Lens Co.
  Supreme Court· 1942-05-11· cited 227×
• Carwile v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 198×
• Jacron Sales Co. v. Sindorf
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-08· cited 187×
• Ryder Truck Rentals, Inc. v. Latham
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-14· cited 49×
• Harley-Davidson Motorsports, Inc. v. Markley
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-09-13· cited 43×
• M. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc. v. Craft
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-03-13· cited 43×
• Millsaps v. Bankers Life Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-10· cited 41×
• Korry v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1978-02-09· cited 38×
• Newspaper Publishing Corp. v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-04-23· cited 35×
• Shupe v. ROSE'S STORES, INCORPORATED
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-11-27· cited 33×
• James v. Haymes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-03-16· cited 30×
• Slaughter v. Valleydale Packers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-09-04· cited 26×
• Gengler v. Phelps
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-11-28· cited 24×
• Bryan v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-10-01· cited 20×
• Sindorf v. Jacron Sales Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-06-25· cited 16×