Beardmore v. Jacobsen’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 106 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Little v. Liquid Air Corp. · Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. · Eagle Properties, Ltd. v. Scharbauer
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.
“provides victims of a theft, as defined in various sections of the Texas Penal Code, with a civil action to recover damages, fees, and costs from the thief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] person commits an offense if [1] he unlawfully appropriates property [2] with intent to deprive the owner of property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“), "a person who commits theft is liable for damages resulting from the theft.”
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.