Partington v. Bugliosi

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that statements in a published work were non-actionable opinions because they were preceded by an extensive factual discussion, such that the author \can only be said to have expressed his own opinion after having outlined all the facts that serve as the basis for his conclusion\
• finding that the general tenor of a “made-for-television movie” or 15 “docudrama” “tends to negate the impression that the statements involved 16 represented a false assertion of objective fact”
• explaining that “[t]he courts of appeals that have considered defamation claims after Milkovich have consistently held that when a speaker outlines the factual basis for his conclusion, his statement is” not actionable for defamation; citing cases
• explaining that defendant’s book was “a forum in which a reader would be likely to recognize that [his] critiques . . . generally represent[ed] the highly subjective opinions of the author rather than assertions of verifiable, objective facts”
• considering multiple levels of context in evaluating actionability of allegedly defamatory statements
• emphasizing the need to provide “room for expressions of opinion by commentators, experts in a field, figures closely involved in a public controversy, or others whose perspectives might be of interest to the public”

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Cited by

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

• Evel Knievel Krystal Knievel v. Espn, a Subsidiary of Walt Disney, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-01-04· cited 1,134×
• Gardner v. Martino
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-04-24· cited 415×
• Gennifer Flowers v. James Carville Hillary Rodham Clinton Little, Brown & Co. George Stephanopoulos
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-11-12· cited 143×
• 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×
• Franklin v. Dynamic Details, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-03-02· cited 103×
• Veilleux v. National Broadcasting Co.
  First Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 98×
• Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc. v. Wilner
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-10-12· cited 82×
• Carver v. Bonds
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-12-29· cited 77×
• McKee v. Cosby
  First Circuit· 2017-10-18· cited 76×
• Gannett Co., Inc. v. Kanaga
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-05-03· cited 71×
• Partington v. Bugliosi
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-07· cited 70×
• Honorable Bruce W. Dodds v. American Broadcasting Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-05-27· cited 51×
• Lundell Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-11-26· cited 47×
• Riley v. Harr
  First Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 46×
• Paint Brush Corp. v. Neu
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-09-01· cited 42×
• Underwager v. Channel 9 Australia
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-10-31· cited 38×
• Hunter v. Hartman
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1996-04-16· cited 35×
• Reesman v. Highfill
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1998-10-29· cited 34×
• Tyne v. Time Warner Entertainment Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-21· cited 29×
• Nicosia v. De Rooy
  N.D. California· 1999-07-07· cited 27×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Dcd Programs, Ltd. v. Michael W. Leighton, Hill, Farrer & Burrill
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-11-27· cited 1,197×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 626×
• Andrea Dworkin Priscilla Moree Judith Fouts v. Hustler Magazine Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-01-24· cited 449×
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 442×
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-12-06· cited 402×
• Frank Howey v. United States of America, and Third-Party v. Radio Corporation of America, Third-Party v. Universal Services, Inc., Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1973-07-30· cited 275×
• Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas Lemann
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-12-17· cited 235×
• Robert C. White v. Fraternal Order of Police
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-09-19· cited 219×
• Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-02-05· cited 205×
• Jerome R. Lewis v. Time Incorporated
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-07-12· cited 195×
• Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-02-18· cited 158×
• Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1984-09-10· cited 153×
• Unelko Corp., an Illinois Corporation Howard G. Ohlhausen v. Andy Rooney, an Individual Cbs, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-08-24· cited 140×
• Phantom Touring, Inc. v. Affiliated Publications
  First Circuit· 1992-01-10· cited 137×
• Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-05-03· cited 135×
• Rosario Ramirez v. Fox Television Station, Inc. Chuck Ammann Nancy Ferguson
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-07-14· cited 128×
• John L. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc., Anita W. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-02· cited 98×

Other cases named Partington v. Bugliosi

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Partington v. Bugliosi
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-07· cited 70×
• Partington v. Bugliosi
  D. Hawaii· 1993-06-03· cited 13×