Morrison v. National Broadcasting Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that defamation is defined in terms of the injury — damage to reputation
• stating that defamation is defined in terms of the injury--damage to reputation
• “if the plaintiff has a cause of action, he should not be permitted to sue on it beyond the period within which he could have prosecuted a claim against the defendants for having caused the identical injuries by telling falsehoods about him”
• action for “intentional tort” in fact based on defamation

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Cited by

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

• Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-03-29· cited 1,284×
• Burns Jackson Miller Summit & Spitzer v. Lindner
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-06-16· cited 514×
• Board of Education v. Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Ass'n
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-12-29· cited 304×
• Brown v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1996-11-19· cited 240×
• Amaranth LLC v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-11-05· cited 214×
• Schmitz v. Smentowski
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-01-10· cited 173×
• Andrew Chen and Chen Printing and Supply Co., Inc. v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1988-08-11· cited 123×
• Schonberger v. Serchuk
  S.D. New York· 1990-08-02· cited 119×
• Matherson v. Marchello
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-03-26· cited 114×
• Porter v. Crawford & Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-12-02· cited 111×
• Lisa Jorgensen v. Massachusetts Port Authority, Appeal of Donald Hertzfeldt and Peter Langley
  First Circuit· 1990-06-11· cited 83×
• Tom U.U. Okure v. Javan Owens and Daniel G. Lessard
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-06· cited 82×
• Idema v. Wager
  S.D. New York· 2000-11-02· cited 56×
• Piping Rock Partners, Inc. v. David Lerner Associates, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2013-05-17· cited 47×
• Stop the Olympic Prison v. United States Olympic Committee
  S.D. New York· 1980-02-15· cited 44×
• Orlando Sports Stadium, Inc. v. Sentinel Star Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-07-18· cited 42×
• Dalton v. Union Bank of Switzerland
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-11-10· cited 42×
• Fidenas AG v. Honeywell Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1981-01-06· cited 40×
• Korry v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1978-02-09· cited 38×
• Sassower v. Finnerty
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-07-25· cited 37×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Nichols v. Item Publishers, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1956-02-17· cited 102×
• Rager v. McCloskey
  New York Court of Appeals· 1953-02-26· cited 101×

Other cases named Morrison v. National Broadcasting Co.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Morrison v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1965-12-23· cited 33×
• Morrison v. National Broadcasting Co.
  New York Supreme Court· 1963-10-01· cited 1×