Gault v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Celanese Corp. of America · Edmondson Village Theatre, Inc. v. Einbinder · American-Stewart Distillery, Inc. v. Stewart Distilling Co. · Sherwood Co. v. Sherwood Distilling Co. · Seabrook v. Grimes
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It may be enough that they [the articles] are manufactured for him, that he controls their production, or even that they pass through his hands in the course of trade, and that he gives to them the benefit of his reputation, or of his name and business style.””
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.