Pegasus v. Reno Newspapers, Inc.

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

• stating that a statement is not defamatory “if it is absolutely true, 11 or substantially true”
• explaining that a statement is not defamatory “if it is absolutely true, or substantially true”
• holding that statements of opinion cannot be defamatory
• setting forth requirements for a 3 17-16867 defamation claim and explaining that statements of opinion are not defamatory
• appellant charged with threatening to injure the property and reputation of another
• defamation occurs when a person publishes a false statement of fact

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  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-10-20· cited 74×
• Adelson v. Harris
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  Nevada Supreme Court· 2009-11-25· cited 40×
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  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-12-12· cited 31×
• Blanck v. Hager
  D. Nevada· 2005-02-14· cited 18×
• Rose v. Dowd
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-07-14· cited 14×
• Shafer v. City of Boulder
  D. Nevada· 2012-09-12· cited 14×
• Flowers v. Carville
  D. Nevada· 2003-07-21· cited 13×
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  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-05-30· cited 11×
• Quixtar Inc. v. Signature Management Team, LLC
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• Phillips v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-09-15· cited 7×
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  D. Nevada· 2010-02-25· cited 7×
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Cites

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

• 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×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
  Supreme Court· 1967-10-09· cited 1,899×
• Garrison v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 1,859×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1931-06-01· cited 1,633×
• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 896×
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-24· cited 535×
• Pennekamp v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-03· cited 529×
• Beauharnais v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1952-06-09· cited 480×
• Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 1961-01-23· cited 255×
• Mark v. Seattle Times
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-11-12· cited 198×
• Mashburn v. Collin
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-12-13· cited 195×
• Tavoulareas v. Piro
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-03-13· cited 185×
• Collins v. Union Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1983-04-21· cited 139×
• Cianci v. New Times Publishing Co.
  Second Circuit· 1980-07-11· cited 122×

Other cases named Pegasus v. Reno Newspapers, Inc.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Pegasus v. Reno Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2003-10-06
• Pegasus v. Reno Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2003-10-06