Conley v. King Bridge Co.’s Empirical Analysis
175 F. 79 · 1909
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Busell Trimmer Co. v. Stevens · Hendy v. Golden State & Miners' Iron Works · Barnard v. District of Columbia · United States Peg-Wood, Shank & Leather Board Co. v. B. F. Sturtevant Co. · Wolff v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This invention has relation to punching presses of that class known as ‘power punching-presses,’ and has for its object the provision of means whereby a duplicate number of articles may be speedily and accurately punched with hut little, if any, danger of false punching and without the aid of skilled labor. This invention consists in the provision of an attachment or adjunct for punching-presses and consisting of an adjustable guide or stop which can be set to guide and hold the metal to he operated upon by the punch so that it will be punched at exact predetermined intervals either the same or different distances apart.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““2. The combination with a press and a carriage for moving metal into different positions with relation to the press, of stop-blocks having diagonal ribs on their inner faces and a guide-rail upon which said .stop-blocks are mounted, having diagonal grooves with which the ribs of the stop-blocks engage."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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