Newcomer v. Scriven Co.’s Empirical Analysis
168 F. 621 · 1909
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 1984
8 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Singer Manuf'G Co v. June Manuf'G Co · Coats v. Merrick Thread Co. · Ex parte Automatic Switch Co. · Leschen Sons Rope Company v. Broderick Bascom Rope Company · Diamond Match Co. v. Saginaw Match Co.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Color, except in connection with some definite, arbitrary design, such as when impressed upon a circle, star, cross, or other figure, or employed in definite association with some'characteristics which serve to distinguish the article as made or sold by a particular person, is not the subject of monopoly as a trade-mark.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.