Melaleuca, Inc. v. Clark

How courts have described this case

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

• “the law of defamation and the law of injurious falsehood require that a plaintiff prove far more than the publication of a false statement”
• scientist’s comments about what testing results on defendant’s products showed were 26 actionable notwithstanding disclaimer that “opinions explained herein are based on [his] scientific 27 research”
• “a prior bad reputation is an appropriate ground for reducing damages”
• “if the imputation fairly implied 18 that the plaintiff is dishonest or lacking in integrity or that he is perpetrating a fraud upon the 19 public by selling something that he knows to be defective, the personal defamation may be 20 found”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilbanks v. Wolk
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-08-17· cited 157×
• Suzuki Motor Corporation and American Suzuki Motor Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc., a Non-Profit New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-05-19· cited 114×
• People v. Davis
  California Supreme Court· 2013-07-25· cited 100×
• Logacz v. Limansky
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-04-30· cited 34×
• Gallagher v. Connell
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-11-08· cited 32×
• ZL Techs., Inc. v. Doe
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2017-07-19· cited 29×
• J-M Manufacturing Co. v. Phillips & Cohen LLP
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-05-02· cited 25×
• All One God Faith, Inc. v. Organic & Sustainable Industry Standards, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-04-13· cited 23×
• Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc.
  C.D. California· 2006-08-15· cited 12×
• Song Fi Inc. v. Google, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2015-06-10· cited 11×
• Sonoma Media Invs., LLC v. Superior Court of Sonoma Cnty.
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-03-15· cited 10×
• Tuck Beckstoffer Wines LLC v. Ultimate Distributors, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2010-01-22· cited 8×
• Suzuki Motor Corporation and American Suzuki Motor Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc., a Non-Profit New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-06-25· cited 3×
• SIMPSON STRONG-TIE CO., INC. v. Gore
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-04-30· cited 2×
• Adelson v. Smith (In Re Smith)
  D. Nevada· 2008-10-14· cited 1×
• Underground Solutions, Inc. v. Palermo
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-05-17· cited 1×
• Sonoma Media Investments, LLC v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2019-04-09
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. ProjectCBD.com
  California Court of Appeal· 2020-03-20
• ZF Micro Solutions, Inc. v. TAT Capital Partners, Ltd.
  California Court of Appeal· 2022-09-07

Cites

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

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• 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×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 858×
• Soule v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-10-27· cited 844×
• People v. Kelly
  California Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 668×
• Time, Inc. v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 420×
• Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-27· cited 341×
• Barry M. Goldwater v. Ralph Ginzburg, Warren Boroson, and Factmagazine, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1969-07-18· cited 205×
• Baker v. Los Angeles Herald Examiner
  California Supreme Court· 1986-07-31· cited 127×
• Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1982-11-23· cited 91×
• Leonardini v. Shell Oil Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-12-12· cited 88×
• Copp v. Paxton
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-04-22· cited 67×
• Polygram Records, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-07-24· cited 61×
• Vegod Corp. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1979-11-29· cited 46×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of U. S., Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1981-01-21· cited 31×
• Nizam-Aldine v. City of Oakland
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-07-15· cited 28×