Freedman v. Friedman’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 271
Relies on O'Reilly v. Morse · Dolbear v. American Bell Telephone Co. · Southern States Equipment Corp. v. Usco Power Equipment Corp. · Dolbear v. American Bell Tel Molecular Tel Co · Florence-Mayo Nuway Co. v. Hardy
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“3. As a new article of manufacture, a pair of artificial dentures made, at least partially, of magnetized material opposed portions of which in the two dentures are of like polarity”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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