Brown Chemical Co. v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

141 federal appellate · 31 district · 73 state decisions

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

1. ““A man’s name is his own property, and he has the same right to its use and enjoyment as he has to that of any other species of property.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vassar College v. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. · Horlick's Malted Milk Corp. v. Horlick

2. “unless he uses them in such connection with other words or devices as to operate as a deception upon the public”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shaver v. Heller & Merz Co. · Draper v. Skerrett

3. ““The general proposition is well established that words which are merely descriptive of the character, qualities or composition of an article, or of the place where it is manufactured or produced, cannot be monopolized as a trade-mark.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Washboard Co. v. Saginaw Mfg. Co. · John T. Dyer Quarry Co. v. Schuylkill Stone Co.