U.S. Valves, Inc. v. Dray’s Empirical Analysis
190 F.3d 811 · 1999
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently August 2015
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1338
Relies on Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Cr Bard Inc v. Schwartz · Hunter Douglas, Inc. v. Harmonic Design, Inc. · Jim Arnold Corporation v. Hydrotech Systems, Inc. · Additive Controls & Measurement Systems, Inc. v. Flowdata, Inc.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`federal patent law creates the cause of action'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether Dray breached the exclusivity provision of the license agreement depends on whether he sold valves which infringed on the licensed patents. The only way to tell whether a valve is covered by the licensed patents is to apply substantive patent law. Moreover, the only means by which to fix damages is to evaluate each valve sold, and determine whether that valve is an infringing valve.... [Wjhether a breach occurred depends on whether Dray infringed the licensed patents, and this issue requires the application of the federal patent laws. Thus, patent law is a necessary element of U.S. Valves’ counterclaim, and the appeal should be transferred to the Federal Circuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“valve - which serves the same purpose as the Dray valve. Dray asserts that the sliding ring valve is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.