Ford v. Rowland

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 count for intentional infliction of mental distress failed, despite that the former Port Authority Deputy Director wrote an \ode\ about a candidate for port commissioner, including the references \hooker\ and \bimbo\
• reversing the dismissal of a libel claim because whether statements described actual facts or were merely absurd parodies depended on factual determinations to be made by jury
• “Statements which impute unchastity on the part of a woman plaintiff are libelous per se.”
• claim against governmental entity barred by sovereign immunity where plaintiff must prove bad faith against an individual defendant to prevail in separate claim against that defendant
• “Conspiracy is not a separate or independent tort but is a vehicle for imputing the tortious acts of one coconspirator to another to establish joint and several liability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. American Tobacco Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-04· cited 38×
• Smith v. Cuban American Nat. Foundation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-03· cited 32×
• Parker v. STATE OF FLORIDA BD. OF REGENTS
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-12-28· cited 31×
• C.P. ex rel. Perez v. Collier County
  M.D. Florida· 2015-11-18· cited 31×
• Hoch v. Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-17· cited 29×
• Banco De Los Trabajadores v. Cortez Moreno
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-01-24· cited 28×
• Fortson v. Colangelo
  S.D. Florida· 2006-06-05· cited 22×
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Alexander
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-04· cited 20×
• PENSACOLA BEACH PIER, INC. v. King
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-06-20· cited 17×
• Scholz v. RDV Sports, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-27· cited 15×
• Tillman v. Orange County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-05-17· cited 14×
• Richard Rubin v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-11-09· cited 13×
• Nims v. Harrison
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-21· cited 13×
• Green v. Cosby
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-10-09· cited 12×
• Tejera v. Lincoln Lending Services
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-27· cited 9×
• Burger v. Hartley
  S.D. Florida· 2012-09-12· cited 4×
• Drudge v. City of Kissimmee
  M.D. Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 2×
• Bavelis v. Doukas (In re Bavelis)
  S.D. Ohio· 2017-02-22· cited 2×
• COMMISSIONER JOE CAROLLO v. PLATINUM ADVISORS, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-02-10
• Jane Doe, Formerly Known as Diana Johnson v. Paul Finkelman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-03

Cites

31 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×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 951×
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-12-06· cited 402×
• Information Control Corporation v. Genesis One Computer Corporation, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-01-15· cited 147×
• Nodar v. Galbreath
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-12-13· cited 116×
• Bartsch v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 81×
• Wolfson v. Kirk
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-02-28· cited 68×
• Polygram Records, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-07-24· cited 61×
• Food Fair, Inc. v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-09· cited 55×
• Campbell v. Jacksonville Kennel Club
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1953-07-24· cited 54×
• David Price v. Viking Penguin, Inc. And Peter Matthiessen, William Styron, Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Alfred Kazin and Susan Sontag, Amicus Curiae
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-08-07· cited 51×
• Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Ane
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-09-13· cited 49×
• Blue Ridge Bank v. Veribanc, Inc., Blue Ridge Bank v. Veribanc, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-01-20· cited 43×
• Boyles v. Mid-Florida Television Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-20· cited 42×
• Melvin M. Belli v. Orlando Daily Newspapers, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-16· cited 39×
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Ane
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-10-12· cited 36×
• Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. v. Early
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-23· cited 34×
• Perry v. Cosgrove
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-06· cited 33×