Genesee Brewing Company Inc v. Stroh Brewing Company’s Empirical Analysis
124 F.3d 137 · 1997
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 12 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Scotts Company v. United Industries Corporation (2002), Registercom Inc v. Verio Inc
34 federal appellate · 12 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc. · Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co. · Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. · Abercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Hunting World, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that it is subject to irreparable harm; and (2) either (a) that it will likely succeed on the merits or (b) that there are sufficiently serious questions going to the merits of the case to make them a fair ground for litigation, and that a balancing of the hardships tips 'decidedly' in favor of the moving party.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Plaintiff's] state law claim of unfair competition is not viable without a showing of bad faith.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Generic marks are never entitled to trademark protection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.