McCollum v. CBS, INC.

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing claim against defendants who created and disseminated a song called “Suicide Solution” and who allegedly knew or should have known the song might influence susceptible individuals because decedent’s suicide was unforeseeable
• “Reasonable persons understand musical lyrics and poetic communications as the figurative expressions which they are. No rational person would mistake musical lyrics and poetry for literal commands or directives for immediate action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. George T.
  California Supreme Court· 2004-07-22· cited 267×
• Adams v. City of Fremont
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-01-04· cited 103×
• People v. Ryan N.
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-10-23· cited 95×
• Yakubowicz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-04-18· cited 94×
• Brekke v. Wills
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-01-25· cited 86×
• Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-10-12· cited 34×
• Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-15· cited 33×
• Symmonds v. Mahoney
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-02-01· cited 27×
• Byers v. Edmondson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1998-05-15· cited 16×
• Donaldson v. Lungren
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-01-29· cited 16×
• Yong Shao Ma v. City & County of San Francisco
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-01-23· cited 15×
• Carter v. National Railroad Passenger
  N.D. California· 2014-08-08· cited 14×
• Donorovich-Odonnell v. Harris
  California Court of Appeal· 2015-10-29· cited 9×
• Waller v. Osbourne
  M.D. Georgia· 1991-05-06· cited 5×
• Stricklin v. Stefani
  W.D. North Carolina· 2018-12-17· cited 5×
• United States v. Houston
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-07· cited 3×
• Byers v. Edmondson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-06-05· cited 2×
• In Re George T.
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-01-15
• Rice v. Paladin Enterprises, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1996-09-06
• Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. American Home Assurance
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-14

Cites

41 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×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 2,355×
• Cohen v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 1,777×
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 1,516×
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 1,457×
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 1,379×
• Rowland v. Christian
  California Supreme Court· 1968-08-08· cited 1,329×
• Thomas v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-15· cited 1,292×
• Winters v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 1,240×
• Carey v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 986×
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-01· cited 962×
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-04-04· cited 874×
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1952-05-26· cited 874×
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 838×
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 632×
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-24· cited 535×
• Weirum v. RKO General, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1975-08-21· cited 329×
• Hess v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1973-11-19· cited 314×
• Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Center
  California Supreme Court· 1979-03-30· cited 314×