O'DONNELL v. Field Enterprises, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding privilege applies even where publisher knows statements he is reporting are false
• finding privilege applies even where publisher knows statements he is reporting are false
• “There is no such thing as a false idea or opinion.”
• “There is no such thing as a false idea or opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mittelman v. Witous
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-04-09· cited 174×
• Meanith Huon v. Nick Denton
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-11-14· cited 87×
• Lykowski v. Bergman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-18· cited 77×
• Geick v. Kay
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-05· cited 73×
• Gist v. MacOn County Sheriff's Department
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-10-18· cited 65×
• Berkos v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-11-05· cited 50×
• Barakat v. Matz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-03-31· cited 47×
• Krueger v. Lewis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-07-24· cited 43×
• Harrison v. Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-30· cited 39×
• Joseph v. Collis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-04-26· cited 39×
• Vantassell-Matin v. Nelson
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-04-19· cited 33×
• Hurst v. Capital Cities Media, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-08-07· cited 30×
• Dolatowski v. Life Printing & Publishing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-04-20· cited 28×
• Myers v. the Telegraph
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-07-12· cited 27×
• Tepper v. Copley Press, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-11-15· cited 20×
• Van Duyn v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-08-09· cited 17×
• Snitowsky v. NBC SUBSIDIARY (WMAQ-TV), INC.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-06-09· cited 15×
• Mittelman v. Witous
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-05-18· cited 11×
• Dawson v. New York Life Insurance
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-07-19· cited 10×
• Maple Lanes, Inc. v. News Media Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-06-05· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• 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×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 3,080×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 1,289×
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 896×
• Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 723×
• Time, Inc. v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 420×
• Catalano v. Pechous
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 131×
• Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation v. Walter Jacobson and Cbs, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-07-14· cited 118×
• Sorenson v. Fio Rito
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-06· cited 106×
• People Ex Rel. Scott v. College Hills Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-03-16· cited 93×
• Newell v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-12-12· cited 84×
• City of Chicago v. Groffman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 75×
• Lulay v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-01-25· cited 71×
• American Pet Motels, Inc. v. Chicago Veterinary Medical Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-05-11· cited 59×
• Meyer v. Murray
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-03-07· cited 54×
• American Intional Hospital v. Chicago Tribune Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-09-17· cited 38×
• Mitchell v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-11-07· cited 37×