McKee v. Cosby

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[b]ecause defamation requires a false statement at its core, opinions typically do not give rise to liability”
• finding no defamation claim where challenged letter “ostensibly recites all the facts supporting the opinions and provides no indication that the opinions are based upon undisclosed objective facts”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• McKee v. Cosby
  First Circuit· 2017-10-18· cited 76×

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• 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×
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
  Supreme Court· 1967-10-09· cited 1,899×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 858×
• Barry M. Goldwater v. Ralph Ginzburg, Warren Boroson, and Factmagazine, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1969-07-18· cited 205×
• Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. Edwards
  Supreme Court· 1904-05-16· cited 190×
• Levinsky's, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1997-09-29· cited 139×
• Phantom Touring, Inc. v. Affiliated Publications
  First Circuit· 1992-01-10· cited 137×
• Ellen Hawes, for Herself and in Representation of the Minors Ana Francisca Hawes and Maria Cristina Hawes v. Club Ecuestre El Comandante
  First Circuit· 1979-05-18· cited 127×
• Shay v. Walters
  First Circuit· 2012-12-18· cited 103×
• Cosme v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-03· cited 102×
• Veilleux v. National Broadcasting Co.
  First Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 98×
• Lluberes v. UNCOMMON PRODUCTIONS, LLC
  First Circuit· 2011-12-02· cited 95×
• Partington v. Bugliosi
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-07· cited 93×