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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Pegues v. Emerson Electric Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pegues v. Emerson Electric Co. Anchor | green | “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.” | 9 |
| 2 | Franklin v. Thompson | green | “either actionability of statement irrespective of special harm or existence of special harm caused by publication.” | 5 |
| 3 | Jenkins v. City of Grenada, Miss. | green | “meeting the requisites of a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress is a tall order in mississippi.” | 4 |
| 4 | Eason v. Federal Broadcasting Co. | green | “who is otherwise a private citizen but who thrusts himself or becomes thrust into the vortex of a matter of legitimate public interest.” | 3 |
| 5 | Woodville v. Pizatti | green | “actionable per se under the common law, for the reason that they charge her with the commission of a crime.” | 3 |
| 6 | Woodville v. Pizatti | green | “did not find in the deceased's house everything that was inventoried, and that mrs. pizatti, meaning the plaintiff, had taken property that did not belong to her out of the house,” | 3 |
| 7 | Woodville v. Pizatti | green | “had taken part of the property away” | 3 |
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