Cridlebaugh v. Rudolph’s Empirical Analysis
131 F.2d 795 · 1942
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently June 1983 · most notably Corporation v. Raymond International Inc (1980), Wabash Corp. v. Ross Electric Corp. (1951)
15 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 81
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · Atlantio Works v. Brady Brady · McLean v. Fleming · Seymour v. Osborne
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test is whether the public is likely to be deceived by the alleged infringing name”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In this case the word ‘Specs’ is but a figurative description of the plaintiff’s articles of manufacture and does not grow out of either the origin or ownership of the goods. The designation therefore, does not entitle the plaintiff to the exclusive use of the word or its synonyms”.”
1 later decision 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.