Heide v. Wallace & Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is only when he adds his name and trade-mark that we have anything that is, and these the defendants in no way imitate. Neither do they the style or coloring with which he dresses out his package. This is in mixed red and blue, set off ,in gilt, with the diamond trade-mark prominently displayed; while the defendant’s package is predominantly yellow, with an entirely different style of lettering in red, shaded with white on a‘ black background, with their name written below.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Allen Bros. Tobacco Co.

2. ““This device stamping or embossing the monogram has been employed for the purpose of marking their goods bjr others in the same trade, including the defendants, fully as long, if not longer, than the complainant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Allen Bros. Tobacco Co.

3. ““In the face of this demonstration, it canned be successfully contended that the term ‘Liquorice Pastille,’ which has been in such long and familiar use, is distinctive of the plaintiff’s manufacture.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Allen Bros. Tobacco Co.