El Chico, Inc. v. El Chico Cafe’s Empirical Analysis
214 F.2d 721 · 1954
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Amstar Corporation v. Domino's Pizza Inc (1980), Tisch Hotels, Inc. v. Americana Inn, Inc. (1965)
29 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Hanover Star Milling Co. v. Metcalf · Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co. · Stork Restaurant, Inc. v. Sahati · Pecheur Lozenge Co. v. National Candy 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But if he adopts his designation with the intent of deriving benefit from the reputation of the trademark or trade name, his intent may be sufficient to justify the inference that there, is confusing similarity. Since he was and is intimately concerned with the probable reaction in the market, his judgment manifested prior to the controversy, is highly persuasive. His denial that his conduct was likely to achieve the result intended by him will ordinarily carry little weight.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an intent to benefit from the reputation or good will of the [senior user].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the absence of proof of any confusion or of at least probable injury to the plaintiff's business, the law is too well settled to require further discussion that no relief may be granted on the ground of unfair competition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fram Corp. v. Boyd
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.