19 App. D.C. 401 - Loomis v. Hauser’s Empirical Analysis
1902
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
March 1947
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Mason v. Hepburn · 18 App. D.C. 1 - Lindemeyr v. Hoffman
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.
“‘‘Some devices are so simple and their purpose and efficacy so obvious that the complete construction of one of a size and form intended for and capable of practical use might well be regarded as a sufficient reduction to practice without actual use or test in an effort to demonstrate their complete success or probable commercial value.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Couch v. Barnett
How this case has been treated — in progress
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