Holbrook v. Casazza

How courts have described this case

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

• inferring that defendants knew of probable falsity of statements, despite professed belief that statements were true
• finding that the refusal to retract a false statement “might be relevant” to the defendant’s mental state when there was substantial evidence of “animus” and the defendant’s “disregard of the probable falsity” at the time of the statement
• evidence of bad faith may support inference of knowledge or reckless disregard of truth
• evidence of bad faith may support inference of knowledge or reckless disregard of truth
• negligent defamation about a public official remains constitutionally protected speech

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Berry v. Loiseau
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-12· cited 266×
• Kelley v. Bonney
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-07· cited 204×
• Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
• Blanchette v. Barrett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-23· cited 153×
• Miles v. Perry
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-07-21· cited 135×
• Journal-Gazette Co. v. Bandido's, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-06-23· cited 110×
• State v. Pollitt
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-08-25· cited 108×
• Hall v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-23· cited 106×
• State v. Cooper
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 104×
• United Illuminating Co. v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-22· cited 99×
• Cweklinsky v. Mobil Chemical Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-01-06· cited 89×
• Texaco, Inc. v. Golart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-08· cited 85×
• West Haven Sound Development Corp. v. City of West Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-03· cited 81×
• Preston v. Keith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-01-01· cited 73×
• Gambardella v. Apple Health Care, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-05-19· cited 48×
• Wood v. City of Bridgeport
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-11· cited 47×
• Woodcock v. Journal Publishing Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-02· cited 47×
• Walsh v. Town of Stonington Water Pollution Control Authority
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-24· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Kelman v. Schaffer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-10-27· cited 40×
• Essex Leasing, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-22· cited 40×

Cites

58 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×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Garrison v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 1,859×
• Speiser v. Randall
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-30· cited 1,658×
• Rosenblatt v. Baer
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 1,111×
• Edwards v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1963-02-25· cited 931×
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 896×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 813×
• Street v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 632×
• Pennekamp v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-03· cited 529×
• Time, Inc. v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 420×
• Hess v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1973-11-19· cited 314×
• Finley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-27· cited 261×
• Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks
  Supreme Court· 1967-11-06· cited 237×
• State v. Couture
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-10-02· cited 199×
• Alaimo v. Royer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-10· cited 198×