Stepanov v. Dow Jones & Co.

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

• “Because the falsity of the statement is an element of the defamation claim, the statement’s truth or substantial truth is an absolute defense.”

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Cited by

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

• the Dallas Morning News, Inc. and Steve Blow v. John Tatum and Mary Ann Tatum
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-05-11· cited 155×
• Elias v. Rolling Stone LLC
  Second Circuit· 2017-04-27· cited 145×
• Tannerite Sports, LLC v. NBCUniversal News Group
  Second Circuit· 2017-07-25· cited 143×
• Prakazrel Michel v. NYP Holdings, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-03-07· cited 136×
• Franklin v. Daily Holdings, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-11-12· cited 45×
• Franco v. Diaz
  E.D. New York· 2014-09-12· cited 28×
• Tannerite Sports, LLC v. Nbcuniversal Media LLC
  S.D. New York· 2015-10-01· cited 17×
• Moorhouse v. Standard
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-11-06· cited 16×
• Verity v. USA TODAY
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2019-03-04· cited 13×
• Project Veritas v. Cable News Network, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-11-07· cited 7×
• Jacobus v. Trump
  New York Supreme Court· 2017-01-09· cited 6×
• Zeitlin v. Cohan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-10-31· cited 5×
• Bisimwa v. St. John Fisher Coll.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-05-07· cited 4×
• Aboutaam v. Dow Jones & Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-02-20· cited 3×
• DiMauro v. Advance Publs., Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-01-27· cited 3×
• Kramer v. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 2014-07-14· cited 3×
• Fon v. Krowe
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-04-20· cited 3×
• Kshetrapal v. Dish Network, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2015-02-27· cited 3×
• Hammond v. Equinox Holdings LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-04-22· cited 2×
• Reeves v. Found. for the Child Victims of the Family Cts.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2026-02-17· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Dillon v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-12-14· cited 509×
• Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-07-14· cited 401×
• Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-12-04· cited 293×
• Foster v. Churchill
  New York Court of Appeals· 1996-03-26· cited 284×
• Kipper v. NYP Holdings Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2009-04-30· cited 278×
• Silsdorf v. Levine
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-05-03· cited 129×
• Armstrong v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-03-28· cited 117×
• Biro v. Condé Nast
  S.D. New York· 2012-08-09· cited 110×
• November v. Time Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-10-31· cited 96×
• Rappaport v. VV Publishing Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1996-01-30· cited 15×
• Rappaport v. VV Publishing Corp.
  New York Supreme Court· 1994-10-26· cited 9×
• Konrad v. Brown
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-01-24· cited 8×

Other cases named Stepanov v. Dow Jones & Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Stepanov v. Dow Jones & Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-05-29