Merck & Co. v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Waterman v. Mackenzie · Special Equipment Co. v. Coe · United States v. Carruthers · First National Bank of Princeton v. United States · 101 F. Supp. 100 - Pike v. United States
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The agreement must be construed according to what it does rather than what it says, and if it operates to transfer the grantor's entire title and interest in the patent, it will be held to be an assignment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Merck & Co. v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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