Carver v. McElroy, 449 U.S. 898 (1980). · Go Syfert
Carver v. McElroy, 449 U.S. 898 (1980). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“this test is a strict one.... the court in gertz acknowledged freely that ... the general public figure is a rare creature.”
124 citation events (11 in the last 25 years) across 49 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Merritt v. Thompson (In Re Thompson) (mieb, 1993-12-14)
Treatment trajectory · 1981 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
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Top citers, strongest first. 23 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Merritt v. Thompson (In Re Thompson)
Bankr. E.D. Mich. · 1993 · signal: see, e.g. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
this test is a strict one.... the court in gertz acknowledged freely that ... the general public figure is a rare creature.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. v. Asensio
pactcomplphilad · 2001 · confidence medium
A person may be considered a limited purpose public figure “if he is attempting to have, or realistically can be expected to have, a major impact on the resolution of a specific pub- lie dispute that has foreseeable and substantial ramifications for persons beyond its immediate participants.” Id. at 180-81, 484 A.2d at 80 (quoting Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications Inc., 201 U.S.App.D.C. 301 , cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S..Ct. 266, 66 L.Ed.2d 128 , 627 F.2d 1287, 1292 (1980)).
discussed Cited "see" National Basketball Ass'n v. Williams
2d Cir. · 1995 · signal: see · confidence high
See North American Soccer League v. NLRB, 613 F.2d 1379 (5th Cir.) (requiring teams in a soccer league to bargain as a “joint employer”), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 899 , 101 S.Ct. 267 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" National Basketball Association v. Williams
2d Cir. · 1995 · signal: see · confidence high
See North American Soccer League v. NLRB, 613 F.2d 1379 (5th Cir.) (requiring teams in a soccer league to bargain as a "joint employer"), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 899 , 101 S.Ct. 267 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980). 42 We thus agree with the decision in Powell, 930 F.2d 1293 , in which the Eighth Circuit held that the nonstatutory labor exemption precluded an antitrust challenge to various terms and conditions of employment implemented after impasse by National Football League teams.
cited Cited "see" Smith v. a Pocono Country Place Property Owners Ass'n
M.D. Penn. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 (D.C.Cir.1980), ce rt. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" Girod Ex Rel. Estate in Bankruptcy v. El Dia, Inc.
D.P.R. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc. Merle W. Dameron v. Washington Magazine, Inc.
D.C. Cir. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 , 1293 n. 12 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KECO INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee
6th Cir. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Keco Industries, Inc., 617 F.2d 443 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 899 , 101 S.Ct. 267 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" Joseph v. Xerox Corp.
D.D.C. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287, 1296-98 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" Barry v. Time, Inc. (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
N.D. Cal. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 , 1299-1300 n. 36 (D.C.Cir. 1980) cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Co., Inc., 626 F.2d 1238, 1249-50 n. 15 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 962 , 101 S.Ct. 3112 , 69 L.Ed.2d 973 (1981). 14 .
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Ross
Ct. Intl. Trade · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
Schweiker v. Hansen, 450 U.S. 785, 788 , 101 S.Ct. 1468, 1470 , 67 L.Ed.2d 685 (1981) (per curiam); see Cheers v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, 610 F.2d 463, 469 (7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" Grass v. News Group Publications, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 , 1298 n. 31 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see" James W. Fitzgerald v. Penthouse International, Ltd. Meredith Printing Corporation Meredith Corporation Bob Guccione and Steve Chapple
4th Cir. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287, 1297 (D.C.Cir.) cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Imperial Apparel, Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.
Ill. App. Ct. · 2006 · signal: see also · confidence low
Rety v. Green, 546 So.2d 410, 425 (Fla.App.3 Dist. 1989); see also Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 , 1293 n. 12 (D.C.Cir 1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 , 101 S.Ct. 266 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Southern Air Transport, Inc. v. Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc.
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1990 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287, 1297-98 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); McDowell v. Paiewonsky, 769 F.2d 942 (3d Cir.1985); Dombey v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 150 Ariz. 476, 484-85 , 724 P.2d 562, 570-71 (1986).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Warford v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co.
Ky. · 1990 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 (DC Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980). *767 "As the first step in its inquiry, the court must isolate the public controversy.” Id. at 1296.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." William G. McBride v. Merrell Dow and Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an Ohio Corporation
D.C. Cir. · 1986 · signal: see also · confidence low
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 351 , 94 S.Ct. 2997, 3012 , 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974); see also Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
SCOTUS · 1986 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 201 U.S.App.D.C. 301, 306 , 627 F.2d 1287, 1292 , cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980). 4 Our analysis here does not address the question of the initial burden of production of evidence placed by Rule 56 on the party moving for summary judgment.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Allene L. DRIVER, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant/Appellee
9th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
The filing of an application is a prerequisite to the entitlement to benefits, Johnson v. United States, 572 F.2d 697, 699 (9th Cir.1978); see also Cheers v. Secretary of HEW, 610 F.2d 463, 467-68 (7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); Leimbach v. Califano, 596 F.2d 300, 304 (8th Cir.1979), and benefits cannot be paid for periods earlier than the retroactive limit provided for in the Act.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Schiavone Construction Co. v. Time, Inc.
D.N.J. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Tavoulareas, supra, 759 F.2d at 103 n. 12 (“The court must (1) define the precise controversy involved, (2) analyze the plaintiff’s role in the controversy, and (3) determine if the defamatory material was germane to the plaintiff’s participation in the controversy.”), citing Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287, 1296-98 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc., 745 F.2d 123, 136-37 (2d Cir.1984) (defendant must show that plaintiff has “(1) successfully invited public attention t…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Marcone v. Penthouse International Magazine for Men
3rd Cir. · 1985 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publications, Inc., 627 F.2d 1287 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980); Harris v. Tomczak, 94 F.R.D. 687 (E.D.Cal.1982); Ashdown, Of Public Figures and Public Interest— The Libel Law Conundrum, 25 Wm. & Mary L.Rev. 937 (1984); Daniels, Public Figures Revisited, 25 Wm. & Mary L.Rev. 957 (1984); Schauer, Public Figures, 25 Wm. & Mary L.Rev. 905 (1984). .
cited Cited "see, e.g." Baeder v. Heckler
D.N.J. · 1984 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Cheers v. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 610 F.2d 463, 466 (7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Meister Bros., Inc. v. John W. MacY Jr., Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency
7th Cir. · 1982 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Cheers v. Secretary of HEW, 610 F.2d 463 (7th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 898 , 101 S.Ct. 266 , 66 L.Ed.2d 128 (1980).
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Carver
v.
McElroy, Warden
No. 79-6848.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 14, 1980.
449 U.S. 898

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.