Mercer v. Cosley

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming trial court’s rendering summary judgment in favor of defendant after having ‘‘conclude[d] that the [alleged defamatory] statements were true, either sub- stantially or literally’’
• trial court's statements \merely served to explain the [legal] basis for the court's ruling and [are] not demonstrative of any bias\
• “[W]here the inaccuracies are of a technical nature that conveyed the same meaning as the true facts would have in the eyes of the average reader, summary judgment may be appropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peatie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-01-06· cited 23×
• Skakel v. Grace
  D. Connecticut· 2014-03-07· cited 23×
• In Energy Solutions, Inc. v. Realgy, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-05-12· cited 9×
• Shah v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-05-05· cited 7×
• Mercer v. Champion
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-11-20· cited 6×
• Indiaweekly. Com, LLC v. Nehaflix. Com, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 2009-01-27· cited 5×
• David Caron Chrysler Motors, LLC v. Goodhall's, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-06-29· cited 4×
• Antogiovanni v. America's Homes & Communities Real Estate, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-07-19· cited 3×
• Gerrish v. Hammick
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-07-07· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Liljedahl Bros. v. Grigsby
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 572×
• Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-29· cited 400×
• Goodrich v. Waterbury Republican-American, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-17· cited 235×
• Doe v. Yale University
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-11· cited 223×
• Miles v. Perry
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-07-21· cited 135×
• Tedesco v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-26· cited 103×
• Battista v. United Illuminating Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-04-14· cited 102×
• Tedesco v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-02· cited 98×
• Charles Parker Co. v. Silver City Crystal Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1955-07-26· cited 93×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-30· cited 74×
• Hopkins v. O'CONNOR
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-07-03· cited 70×
• Tedesco v. City of Stamford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-04-02· cited 64×
• State v. Mercer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-06-21· cited 55×
• City of New Haven v. Bonner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-01-18· cited 46×
• Gambardella v. Apple Health Care, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-01-18· cited 29×
• Reardon v. Windswept Farm, LLC
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-10-03· cited 28×
• Rudder v. MAMANASCO LAKE PARK ASS'N, INC.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-02-21· cited 27×
• Doody v. Doody
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-02-13· cited 25×
• Tilo Co. v. Fishman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-12-20· cited 25×
• State v. Ortiz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-06-01· cited 25×