7 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2012 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Rhode Island courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd., Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd.green2 sentences2008See Fudge v. Penthouse Int'l, Ltd. , 840 F.2d 1012 , 1016 (1st Cir. 1988) (applying Rhode Island law). *Page 14 Therefore, Defendants argue that the Plaintiff has failed to specifically allege any false statement of fact which could form the basis of a defamation claim. 1998In rejecting plaintiffs’ false-light claim, the trial justice based her decision on the same reasons she cited for dismissing the defamation claim and on Restatement (Second) Torts, § 652E cmt. e, which states: "When the false publicity is also defamatory so that either action can be maintained by the plaintiff, it is arguable that limitations of long standing that have been found desirable for the action of defamation should not be successfully evaded by proceeding upon a different theory of later origin, in the development of which the attention of the courts has not been directed to the lim | 3 | 3 |
Austin v. Cardengreen1 sentence2012Austin v. Carden, 818 A.2d 662, 664 (R.I.2003); Mikaelian, 501 A.2d at 725 . 7 Although plaintiff may have been fired as a result of Det. | 1 | 1 |
Crellin Technologies, Inc. v. Equipmentlease Corp.green1 sentence2008See Crellin Technologies v. Equipmentlease Corp. , 18 F.3d 1 , 13 n. 17 (1st Cir. 1994) (avoiding "the temptation to rummage through Rhode Island's jurisprudence" because, "[i]n our estimation, litigants have an independent responsibility to do their homework"). | 1 | 1 |
Cullen v. Auclairgreen2 sentences2004Cullen, 809 A.2d at 1112 . 2004See Cullen, 809 A.2d at 1112 (“When the statement giving rise to a false-light claim is one of opinion, this Court * * * holds that the same protections afforded opinions in a defamation claim also apply in the context of a false-light claim.”). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Mikaelian v. Drug Abuse Unit
green
1 sentence2012Austin v. Carden, 818 A.2d 662, 664 (R.I.2003); Mikaelian, 501 A.2d at 725 . 7 Although plaintiff may have been fired as a result of Det. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Leddy v. Narragansett Television, L.P.
green
1 sentence2009Leddy v. Narragansett Television, L.P. , 843 A.2d 481 , (R.I. 2004) Accordingly, without evidence describing the actual statements or identifying the recipients and their understanding of such statements, Plaintiff cannot support a claim of defamation, and this Court must grant summary judgment as to those allegations. | 1 | 2009–2009 |
Partington v. Bugliosi
green
1 sentence2002Id. at 723. "[W]hen a speaker outlines the factual basis for his conclusion, his statement is protected by the First Amendment . . . because the bases for the conclusion are fully disclosed, no reasonable reader would consider the term anything but the opinion of the author drawn from the circumstances related." Id. at 724, quoting, Partington v. Bugliosi, 56 F.3d 1147 , 1156 (9th Cir. 1995). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Beattie v. Fleet National Bank
green
1 sentence2002Id. at 723 . | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.