Smith v. Cuban American Nat. Foundation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “falsity only exists if the publication is substantially and materially false, not just if it is technically false.”
• concluding the trial court erred in refusing to give a jury instruction on the defense of substantial truth, although plaintiff must prove the defamatory statement is false
• “[F]alsity only exists if the publication is substantially and materially false, not just if it is technically false.”
• “To determine whether a statement is defamatory, it must be considered in the context of the publication.” (collecting cases)
• “A statement is not considered false unless it would have a different effect on the mind of the reader from that which the pleaded truth would have produced.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2014-05-23· cited 35×
• Levan v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-09-29· cited 24×
• Cape Publications, Inc. v. Reakes
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-01-31· cited 16×
• JOHN KIEFFER v. ATHEISTS OF FLORIDA, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-01· cited 15×
• Richard Rubin v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-11-09· cited 13×
• Green v. Cosby
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-10-09· cited 12×
• Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Co. v. Belo Kentucky, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-08-25· cited 10×
• Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc. v. First Databank, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-06-24· cited 8×
• Greene v. Times Publishing Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-01-15· cited 8×
• Turner v. Wells
  S.D. Florida· 2016-07-29· cited 8×
• Marshall v. Amerisys, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-29· cited 6×
• Moss v. KOUNTRY KITCHEN OF KEY LARGO, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-02-07· cited 2×
• ERIC READON v. WPLG, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-04-14
• Page v. Oath Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2022-01-19
• Jacquelyn Johnston v. Gary S. Borders
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-06-09
• EDUARDO QUIN IGLESIAS/REAL ASSET MANAGEMENT v. ROBERT CREED NORMAN a/k/a BOB NORMAN and WPLG, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-10-19
• JAMES W. YOUNG, JR. v. MARY STRUNK KOPCHAK
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-08-16
• Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Newsmax Media, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-09-12
• Jane Doe, Formerly Known as Diana Johnson v. Paul Finkelman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-03

Cites

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

• Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 1,051×
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 858×
• Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas Lemann
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-12-17· cited 235×
• Information Control Corporation v. Genesis One Computer Corporation, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-01-15· cited 147×
• Wolfson v. Kirk
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-02-28· cited 68×
• Byrd v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-08· cited 48×
• Hay v. Independent Newspapers, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-02· cited 38×
• O'NEAL v. Tribune Company
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-06-07· cited 34×
• Patricia Ann Valentine v. C.B.S., Inc. D/B/A Columbia Records, Bob Dylan, A/K/A Robert Zimmerman, Jacques Levy and Warner Bros. Publications, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-02-14· cited 31×
• McCormick v. Miami Herald Publishing Company
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-03-21· cited 29×
• Ford v. Rowland
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-05-03· cited 27×
• Nelson v. Associated Press, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1987-08-21· cited 26×
• Woodard v. Sunbeam Television Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-16· cited 25×
• Early v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-05-31· cited 19×
• Bishop v. Wometco Enterprises, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1970-05-26· cited 18×
• Lynch v. McGovern
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-19· cited 17×
• John Raymer v. Doubleday & Co., Inc., Thomas Thompson
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-04-08· cited 16×
• Owner's Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Ott
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-07-28· cited 15×
• Aetna Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Fruchter
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-08-02· cited 13×
• Colodny v. Iverson, Yoakum, Papiano & Hatch
  M.D. Florida· 1996-08-26· cited 12×