Jones v. Taibbi

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that statement was “essentially true”
• where plaintiff in defamation action is private person, “he need prove only the negligent publication of a defamatory falsehood to recover from the defendants for actual damages”
• a private person “need prove only the negligent publication of a defamatory falsehood to recover from the defendants for actual damages”
• “the public has a right to be informed about matters in which it has a legitimate concern”
• truth is a defense to defamation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-19· cited 325×
• Noonan v. Staples, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2009-02-13· cited 294×
• Ayash v. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-02-09· cited 238×
• Burke v. Town of Walpole
  First Circuit· 2005-04-26· cited 148×
• Draghetti v. Chmielewski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-01-26· cited 136×
• Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-02-03· cited 136×
• ELM Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-11· cited 99×
• McCune v. Neitzel
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-07-13· cited 89×
• Phelan v. May Department Stores Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-16· cited 80×
• Foley v. Lowell Sun Publishing Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-19· cited 79×
• McAvoy v. Shufrin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-01-27· cited 71×
• Schlesinger v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-11· cited 71×
• Dulgarian v. Stone
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-07-24· cited 71×
• HipSaver, Inc. v. Kiel
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-13· cited 67×
• Yohe v. Nugent
  First Circuit· 2003-02-26· cited 65×
• Brown v. Hearst Corporation
  First Circuit· 1995-05-11· cited 60×
• Howell v. THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-01-07· cited 57×
• Moreno v. Crookston Times Printing Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-05-18· cited 48×
• Reilly v. Associated Press
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-10-31· cited 42×
• Stanton v. Metro Corporation
  First Circuit· 2006-02-23· cited 41×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• 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×
• Hutchinson v. Proxmire
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 738×
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 442×
• James v. Gannett Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 281×
• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-29· cited 257×
• Cowley v. Pulsifer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-06-27· cited 163×
• Cianci v. New Times Publishing Co.
  Second Circuit· 1980-07-11· cited 122×
• Kilgore v. Younger
  California Supreme Court· 1982-02-18· cited 120×
• Medico, Philip T. v. Time, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1981-03-27· cited 95×
• Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc. Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-12-24· cited 82×
• Phillips v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-11-17· cited 80×
• Rouch v. Enquirer & News of Battle Creek
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1986-12-26· cited 78×
• Mathis v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-08-15· cited 56×
• Appleby v. Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-28· cited 52×
• Smith v. Suburban Restaurants, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-03· cited 50×
• Lynch v. Lyons
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-05-02· cited 48×

Other cases named Jones v. Taibbi

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Jones v. Taibbi
  D. Massachusetts· 1981-03-05· cited 7×
• Jones v. Taibbi
  Supreme Court· 1981-11-30