Williams v. WCAU-TV

How courts have described this case

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

• predicting Pennsylvania will adopt Section 611 of Restatement (Second) Torts formulation and applying that privilege
• quoting, Miles v. Cmwlth. of PA., 304 A.2d 704, 707 (1973)
• picture of libel plaintiff under arrest accompanying broadcast about bank robbery does not create implication that plaintiff committed the robbery
• to establish defense of truth it is not necessary to prove literal truth; sufficient to show substantial truth supporting “gist” or “sting” of alleged defamation
• “if the statement is true in substance inaccuracies of expression or detail are immaterial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• ELM Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-11· cited 99×
• Jones v. Taibbi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-18· cited 96×
• Herron v. KING Broadcasting, Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 92×
• Howell v. THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-01-07· cited 57×
• Gannett Co., Inc. v. Re
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-10· cited 51×
• Riley v. Moyed
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-25· cited 39×
• Norton v. Glenn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-20· cited 35×
• Jadwin v. Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1986-07-22· cited 34×
• Ricci v. Venture Magazine, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1983-11-22· cited 26×
• Crittendon v. Combined Communications Corp.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1985-12-24· cited 24×
• Rouch v. Enquirer & News of Battle Creek
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-09-04· cited 24×
• Oweida v. Tribune-Review Publishing Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-18· cited 23×
• KARK-TV v. Simon
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-09-12· cited 21×
• Lal, Amrit v. Cbs, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1984-02-17· cited 17×
• First Lehigh Bank v. Cowen
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-04· cited 17×
• Price v. Walters
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1996-05-21· cited 15×
• Friedman v. Israel Labour Party
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-03-25· cited 12×
• Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1988-02-08· cited 11×
• De Gregorio v. CBS, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 1984-03-14· cited 11×
• Haynik v. Zimlich
  Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court· 1986-10-15· cited 11×

Cites

45 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 1,289×
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 896×
• Gilbert v. Korvette's Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 260×
• Corabi v. Curtis Publishing Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-25· cited 230×
• Patricia A. Hollinger, Administratrix of the Estate of Germaine S. Hollinger, Deceased v. Wagner Mining Equipment Company, a Division of Paccar, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1982-01-15· cited 220×
• Steaks Unlimited, Inc. v. Donna Deaner and Wtae-Tv4 and Hearst Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1980-06-04· cited 163×
• Binder v. Triangle Publications, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 141×
• Loudoun Times-Mirror v. Arctic Co.
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-12· cited 125×
• Harlan E. Orr v. The Argus-Press Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1978-10-19· cited 110×
• Alfred R. Pierce v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Richard Kellman
  Third Circuit· 1978-04-12· cited 95×
• Medico, Philip T. v. Time, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1981-03-27· cited 95×
• Dunlap v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-02· cited 76×
• Sciandra v. Lynett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-21· cited 76×
• Cullison v. City of Peoria
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1978-09-15· cited 71×
• Purcell v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-06-05· cited 69×
• Mathis v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-08-15· cited 56×
• Picard v. Brennan
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1973-07-19· cited 56×
• Fendler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-11-03· cited 53×