Fournier v. Erickson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 412 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Ltd. Partnership · Chambers v. TRM Copy Centers Corp.
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.
“Nothing in this title annuls or limits any rights or remedies under the common law or statutes of any State with respect to ... activities violating legal or equitable rights that are not equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyrlght as specified by section 106[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“neither of the ... claims contain[ed] or allege[d] an exira element that distinguish[ed] them from the copyright infringement claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“grounded solely on the allegation of unauthorized copying and subsequent use of [the] ... photograph,”
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.