Dad's Root Beer Co. v. Doc's Beverages, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
193 F.2d 77 · 1951
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2013 · most notably Steele v. Bulova Watch Co. (1952), Maternally Yours, Inc. v. Your Maternity Shop, Inc. (1956)
31 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 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 15 U.S.C. § 1069 (§ 19 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (§ 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1116 (§ 34 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1117 (§ 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1121 (§ 39 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1126 (§ 44 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1127 (§ 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co. · Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders · Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company v. Wolf Brothers & Company · S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Johnson
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any goods or services * * * a false designation of origin, or any false description or representation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The intent of this Act is to regulate commerce within the control of Congress * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to protect persons engaged in such commerce against unfair competition”
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.