Stewart v. Troutt

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a municipal employee would be entitled to an absolute privilege if the alleged defamatory statements were made in the course of carrying out an official duty
• mayor’s statement at a city council meeting regarding the plaintiff’s failure to pay certain property taxes was made in the course of carrying out an official duty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kefgen v. Davidson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2000-09-19· cited 81×
• Stimson v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-08-09· cited 38×
• Murphy v. Seed-Roberts Agency, Inc.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-10-10· cited 34×
• Abel v. Eli Lilly & Company
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-12-05· cited 30×
• Froling v. Carpenter
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1994-01-26· cited 29×
• Gilbert v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-02-05· cited 27×
• Parks v. Johnson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-06-19· cited 25×
• Peoples v. Chrysler Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-06-17· cited 17×
• Koenig v. Van Reken
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-03-19· cited 16×
• Manville v. Board of Governors of Wayne State Univ.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-09-19· cited 15×
• Chonich v. Ford
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1982-04-22· cited 11×
• Scott v. City of Detroit
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-06-16· cited 11×
• Frohriep v. Flanagan
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2008-04-29· cited 9×
• Gidday v. Wakefield
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-06-19· cited 7×
• Pagano v. Department of State Highways
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-07-06· cited 5×
• Southland Corp. v. Liquor Control Commission
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-02-20· cited 4×
• Warvel v. Michigan Community Blood Center
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-03-29· cited 4×
• Parvu v. Harrison Township Fire Department
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-05-04· cited 3×
• Quarderer v. Shiawassee County Drain Commissioner
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-04-18· cited 3×

Cites

23 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×
• Crowther v. Ross Chemical and Manufacturing Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1972-08-28· cited 148×
• Todd v. Biglow
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-01-17· cited 113×
• Bielski v. Wolverine Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1967-06-06· cited 64×
• Mills v. Denny
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-03-09· cited 53×
• Cohen v. Bowdoin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1972-03-02· cited 51×
• Wachsmuth v. Merchants' National Bank
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1893-07-25· cited 37×
• Tocco v. Piersante
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1976-06-24· cited 33×
• Bolton v. Walker
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1917-09-27· cited 32×
• Unger v. Forest Home Township
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-11-14· cited 29×
• Harrison v. Arrow Metal Products Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1970-02-24· cited 27×
• Trebilcock v. Anderson
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1898-05-17· cited 24×
• Birch Run Nursery v. Jemal
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-03-06· cited 22×
• Knapp v. City of Dearborn
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-03-25· cited 20×
• Weeren v. Evening News Assn.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1967-10-02· cited 20×
• Hobbs v. Michigan State Highway Department
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-01-29· cited 19×
• Trimble v. Morrish
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1908-05-01· cited 19×
• Brunn v. Weiss
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1971-04-20· cited 18×
• Bush v. Oscoda Area Schools
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1976-12-09· cited 15×
• Salzer v. State Treasurer
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-06-26· cited 9×