Leonardini v. Shell Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “A cause of action for damages for trade libel requires pleading and proof of special damages in the form of pecuniary loss.”
• “A cause of action for damages for trade libel requires pleading and proof of special damages in the form of pecuniary loss.”
• probable cause analysis differs depending on whether alleged deficiency lies in relying on facts litigant has no reasonable cause to believe are true or seeking recovery on legal theory which is untenable on the facts that were known
• “[Disparagement] must be distinguished from the defamatory torts of libel and slander.”
• requiring plaintiff to plead “specific pecuniary loss”
• $1 million punitives — 25:1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-08-17· cited 465×
• Crowley v. Katleman
  California Supreme Court· 1994-10-31· cited 386×
• ComputerXpress, Inc. v. Jackson
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-11-15· cited 348×
• Isuzu Motors Ltd. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  C.D. California· 1998-04-09· cited 206×
• Sangster v. Paetkau
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-10-30· cited 182×
• Downey Venture v. LMI Ins. Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-09-01· cited 155×
• Estate of Tucker Ex Rel. Tucker v. Interscope
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-02-08· cited 150×
• Sosinsky v. Grant
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-05-18· cited 126×
• Summers v. A. L. Gilbert Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-02-09· cited 116×
• Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-01-03· cited 106×
• Paiva v. Nichols
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-11-26· cited 93×
• Microtec Research, Inc. Jerry Kirk v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-11-18· cited 76×
• Balboa Island Village Inn, Inc. v. Lemen
  California Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 72×
• Franklin Mint Co. v. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-05-03· cited 49×
• Piping Rock Partners, Inc. v. David Lerner Associates, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2013-05-17· cited 47×
• Melaleuca, Inc. v. Clark
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-09-29· cited 45×
• Carl E. Berg v. Hayden Leason Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe Paul Alexander
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-09-07· cited 42×
• Truck Ins. Exchange v. Bennett
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-02-27· cited 42×
• Swat-Fame, Inc. v. Goldstein
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-08-05· cited 41×
• Cytodyn of New Mexico, Inc. v. Amerimmune Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-02-20· cited 34×

Cites

48 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×
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 2,355×
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1931-06-01· cited 1,633×
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-13· cited 1,621×
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-29· cited 1,218×
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.
  Supreme Court· 1952-12-22· cited 1,215×
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1963-02-18· cited 1,188×
• In Re Marriage of Flaherty
  California Supreme Court· 1982-06-17· cited 754×
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 707×
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 699×
• Abrams v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1919-11-10· cited 602×
• Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess Anne
  Supreme Court· 1968-11-19· cited 596×
• Sheldon Appel Co. v. Albert & Oliker
  California Supreme Court· 1989-01-12· cited 472×
• Bertero v. National General Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-12-10· cited 472×
• Albertson v. Raboff
  California Supreme Court· 1956-04-10· cited 360×
• Babb v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1971-01-15· cited 324×
• Jaffe v. Stone
  California Supreme Court· 1941-06-23· cited 201×
• People v. Rogers
  California Supreme Court· 1978-06-16· cited 187×
• Blatty v. New York Times Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1986-12-29· cited 182×
• Black & Yates, Inc. v. Mahogany Ass'n
  Third Circuit· 1942-06-10· cited 181×