Gregory v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that comments made in the context of a labor dispute were likely to be viewed by the audience as opinion
• finding that comments made in the context of a labor dispute were likely to be viewed by the audience as opinion
• explaining that a statement's use of the phrase \apparent\ demonstrates non-actionable opinion
• finding a letter \cautiously phrased in terms of apparency\ did not imply factual assertions
• finding a letter “cautiously phrased in terms of apparency” did not imply factual assertions
• sustaining demurrer because accusing plaintiff of \seeking personal gain and political prestige rather [than serving] the best interests of the members they were supposed to represent\ was \not properly the subject of a libel action\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Taus v. Loftus
  California Supreme Court· 2007-02-26· cited 431×
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-12-06· cited 402×
• In Re Matter of Stephen Yagman, Jerry Brown and Gerry Fleischer v. Michael Baden and Sidney Weinberg
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-11-06· cited 356×
• Boris Levitt v. Yelp! Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-09-02· cited 331×
• Goodrich v. Waterbury Republican-American, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-17· cited 235×
• Scott v. News-Herald
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1986-08-06· cited 207×
• Jerome R. Lewis v. Time Incorporated
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-07-12· cited 195×
• NYGÅRD, INC. v. Uusi-Kerttula
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-02-01· cited 170×
• Information Control Corporation v. Genesis One Computer Corporation, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-01-15· cited 147×
• Hawran v. Hixson
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-09-13· cited 146×
• Unelko Corp., an Illinois Corporation Howard G. Ohlhausen v. Andy Rooney, an Individual Cbs, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-08-24· cited 140×
• Ringler Associates Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-05-23· cited 131×
• Baker v. Los Angeles Herald Examiner
  California Supreme Court· 1986-07-31· cited 127×
• Kotlikoff v. the Community News
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-04-27· cited 127×
• William Janklow v. Newsweek, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-04-10· cited 121×
• Mamou v. Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-07-30· cited 108×
• Okun v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 106×
• Good Government Group of Seal Beach, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 105×
• Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-01-25· cited 101×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• 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×
• Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 926×
• Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 794×
• Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 723×
• Cafeteria Employees Union, Local 302 v. Angelos
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-22· cited 227×
• Emde v. San Joaquin County Central Labor Council
  California Supreme Court· 1943-11-02· cited 106×
• In Re Blaney
  California Supreme Court· 1947-10-03· cited 97×
• Park & Tilford Import Corp. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  California Supreme Court· 1946-01-31· cited 61×
• DiGiorgio Furit Corp. v. American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Oragnizations
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-04-30· cited 49×
• Scott v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-02-14· cited 44×
• Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. v. AFL-CIO
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-04-30· cited 44×
• Sillars v. Collier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1890-02-25· cited 32×
• Howard v. Southern California Associated Newspapers
  California Court of Appeal· 1950-01-16· cited 28×