A. B. Dick Co. v. Marr’s Empirical Analysis
197 F.2d 498 · 1952
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently September 2019 · most notably Republic Gear Co. v. Borg-Warner Corp. (1967), La Societe Anonyme des Parfums Le Galion v. Jean Patou, Inc. (1974)
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Precision Instrument Mfg Co v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery Co · United States v. Alaska Steamship Co. · Universal Oil Co. v. Root Rfg. Co. · Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. · Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[V]oluntary dismissal of a suit ... vitiat[es] and annull[s] all prior proceedings and orders in the case, ... terminating jurisdiction over it for the reason that the case has become moot.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * voluntary dismissal of a suit leaves the situation so far as procedures therein are concerned the same as though the suit had never been brought, (citing case) thus vitiating and annulling all prior proceedings and orders in the case, and terminating jurisdiction over it for the reason that the case has become moot. (Citing cases.) * * * ‘Where by an act of the parties, or a subsequent law, the existing controversy has come to an end, the case becomes moot and should be treated accordingly.’ ” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“leaves the situation so far as procedures therein are concerned the same as though the suit had never been brought, thus vitiating and annulling all prior proceedings and orders in the case.”
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.