Wheeler v. Green

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Article I, Sec. 8 of the Oregon Constitution prohibits punitive damages in defamation cases
• holding that public figure status is a question for the court when the facts are undisputed
• construing Article I, sections 8 and 10, together to permit damages in a defamation action for compensatory but not punitive damages
• considering, in the context in which statements were made, whether one would have understood the statements to defame the plaintiff
• analyzing whether recipient of statements would have understood statements to defame the plaintiff in order to determine whether statements were defamatory
• denying recovery for defamation of a public figure if there is no proof of “convincing clarity” that the “publication was made ‘with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Robertson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1982-08-03· cited 334×
• Ginger Rogers v. Alberto Grimaldi, Mgm/ua Entertainment Co., and Pea Produzioni Europee Associate, S.R.L.
  Second Circuit· 1989-05-05· cited 311×
• Stuempges v. Parke, Davis & Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 279×
• Gazette, Inc. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-02-01· cited 242×
• Hall v. May Department Stores Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-12-09· cited 203×
• Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-11· cited 201×
• State v. Moyle
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1985-08-27· cited 152×
• State v. Henry
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-01-21· cited 127×
• Delaney v. Taco Time International, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 122×
• Meech v. Hillhaven West, Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1989-06-29· cited 116×
• Journal-Gazette Co. v. Bandido's, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-06-23· cited 110×
• Wampler v. Higgins
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2001-08-29· cited 109×
• Lewis v. Oregon Beauty Supply Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 102×
• City of Portland v. Tidyman
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1988-07-12· cited 89×
• State v. Ciancanelli
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2005-09-29· cited 69×
• State Ex Rel. Oregonian Publishing Co. v. Deiz
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1980-06-18· cited 69×
• Neumann v. Liles
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-03-03· cited 64×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Lasswell
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-12-06· cited 61×
• Roop v. PARKER NORTHWEST PAVING, CO.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2004-07-21· cited 54×
• Bank of Oregon v. Independent News, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 53×

Cites

30 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×
• 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×
• Rosenblatt v. Baer
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 1,111×
• Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 794×
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 626×
• Henry v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-29· cited 159×
• Werner v. Southern California Associated Newpapers
  California Supreme Court· 1950-04-14· cited 137×
• Artman v. Ray
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1972-09-21· cited 84×
• Rosanova v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 71×
• Pridonoff v. Balokovich
  California Supreme Court· 1951-03-05· cited 46×
• Harley-Davidson Motorsports, Inc. v. Markley
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-09-13· cited 43×
• Field Research Corp. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1969-05-14· cited 39×
• Holden v. PIONEER BROADCASTING CO.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1961-10-18· cited 39×
• Chuy v. Philadelphia Eagles Football Club
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1977-04-18· cited 38×
• Wattenburg v. United Medical Laboratories, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1974-08-08· cited 37×
• Farr v. Bramblett
  California Court of Appeal· 1955-03-30· cited 35×
• Roshak v. Leathers
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-02-17· cited 32×