State v. Roberts

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]nsulting or obscene words . . . do not rise to the level of ‘fighting words’”
• “[M]ere verbal epithets, unless the epithets can be considered ‘fighting words,’ cannot by themselves support a conviction under Tennessee’s disorderly conduct statute.”
• “[M]ere verbal epithets, unless the epithets can be considered ‘fighting words,’ cannot by themselves support a conviction under Tennessee’s disorderly conduct statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Tennessee v. Teddy Ray Mitchell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2011-03-31· cited 17×
• Cole v. Barnes
  M.D. Tennessee· 2015-09-04· cited 1×
• State of Tennessee v. Teddy Ray Mitchell - Dissenting
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2011-03-31
• State of Tennessee v. Teddy Ray Mitchell - Dissenting
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-03-31
• In Re Juanita W.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-01-29
• State of Tennessee v. S.L.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2022-03-01
• State of Tennessee v. Joshua Daniel Gibbons
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2026-06-02

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• State v. Matthews
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-08-22· cited 1,986×
• State v. Evans
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-09-14· cited 1,810×
• Liakas v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-02-03· cited 1,116×
• State v. Buggs
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-06-28· cited 802×
• White v. Vanderbilt University
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-12-30· cited 502×
• State v. Duncan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1985-09-09· cited 462×
• Black v. Blount
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-12-23· cited 256×
• State v. Land
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-04-28· cited 242×
• State v. Creasy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-05-05· cited 205×
• Tire Shredders, Inc. v. ERM-North Central, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-08-30· cited 42×
• State v. Speck
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 38×
• Garvey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1975-02-27· cited 20×
• Delaney v. Thompson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-12-21· cited 13×