Gutter v. Dow Jones, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• extending liability to publisher where plaintiff unjustifiably relied on its erroneous statement would have staggering deterrent effect on potential purveyors of printed material
• publisher of Wall Street Journal not liable to subscriber for non-defamatory negligent misrepresentation relied on by reader in choosing securities investment
• newspaper reader not a member of a limited group of persons intended to benefit from representation in newspaper
• publisher of Wall Street Journal not liable to subscriber for non-defamatory negligent misrepresentation relied on by reader in choosing securities investment
• “Recently, however, a growing number of courts have demonstrated a willingness to extend liability for negligent misrepresentation in special eases.”
• tort action against newspaper by its readers found improper, as readers “do[] not fall within a special limited class (or group) of foreseeable persons”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ed Schory & Sons, Inc. v. Francis
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-04-24· cited 338×
• Delman v. City of Cleveland Heights
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-02-02· cited 217×
• Reynolds v. Murphy
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-02-09· cited 89×
• Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund v. Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-12-03· cited 88×
• Federated Management Co. v. Coopers & Lybrand
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2000-04-04· cited 77×
• Ed Schory & Sons, Inc. v. Soc. Natl. Bank
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-04-24· cited 65×
• State v. Meadows
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1986-10-07· cited 59×
• First Equity Corporation of Florida, Robert Cornfeld and Floyd Watkins v. Standard & Poor's Corporation
  First Circuit· 1989-03-02· cited 38×
• Maltz v. Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co.
  S.D. New York· 1998-01-20· cited 31×
• In Re Enron Corporation Securities
  S.D. Texas· 2006-12-08· cited 26×
• Wilhelm Winter Cynthia Zheng v. G.P. Putnam's Sons
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-07-12· cited 25×
• Daniel v. Dow Jones & Co.
  Civil Court of the City of New York· 1987-10-13· cited 18×
• Ex Parte Felton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-04-08· cited 17×
• Woods v. Miamisburg City Schools
  S.D. Ohio· 2003-02-04· cited 17×
• Picker International, Inc. v. Mayo Foundation
  N.D. Ohio· 1998-05-26· cited 15×
• Andersons, Inc. v. Consol, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2001-01-25· cited 15×
• Ginsburg v. Agora, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1995-11-14· cited 14×
• Schumacher v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance
  S.D. Ohio· 2014-09-18· cited 13×
• Bellios v. Victor Balata Belting Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 1989-10-20· cited 11×
• Rheinfrank v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2015-08-10· cited 11×

Cites

10 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×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• Time, Inc. v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 933×
• De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-09-08· cited 113×
• Langworthy v. Pulitzer Publishing Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-05-13· cited 49×
• Yuhas v. Mudge
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1974-07-01· cited 37×
• Demuth Development Corp. v. Merck & Co., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1977-06-06· cited 16×
• Lepucki v. Van Wormer
  N.D. Indiana· 1984-05-31· cited 6×
• Tumminello v. Bergen Evening Record, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1978-05-23· cited 6×