Whitby v. Associates Discount Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• statements to credit bureau did not constitute defamation per se and plaintiff needed to establish special damages to recover
• a written notice to a credit bureau
• a written notice to a credit bureau

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hukic v. Aurora Loan Services
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-11-20· cited 743×
• Owen v. Carr
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-09-17· cited 113×
• Coursey v. Greater Niles Township Publishing Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-05-29· cited 108×
• John W. Carson and Joanna Holland v. Allied News Company, an Illinois Corporation, and National Insider, Inc., an Illinois Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-03-08· cited 106×
• Newell v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-12-12· cited 84×
• Crinkley v. Dow Jones & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-02· cited 74×
• American Pet Motels, Inc. v. Chicago Veterinary Medical Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-05-11· cited 59×
• Zechman v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-06-26· cited 56×
• Colson v. Stieg
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-02-19· cited 54×
• Fried v. Jacobson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-12-01· cited 51×
• Valentine v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-11-27· cited 49×
• Reed v. Albanese
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-12-08· cited 48×
• Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. Phillips
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-31· cited 42×
• Rosner v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-12-24· cited 39×
• Suhadolnik v. City of Springfield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-06-15· cited 38×
• Mitchell v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-11-07· cited 37×
• Weber v. Woods
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-08-07· cited 35×
• Bruck v. Cincotta
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-01-27· cited 30×
• Coffey v. MacKay
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-01-10· cited 25×
• Savage v. Seed
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-02-01· cited 23×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parmelee v. Hearst Pub. Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1950-07-25· cited 22×
• Archibald v. Belleville News Democrat
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-12-11· cited 9×
• Hudson v. Slack Furniture Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1943-03-02· cited 9×
• Johnson v. Commercial Credit Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1949-11-21· cited 3×