Saalfield Pub. Co. v. G. & C. Merriam Co.’s Empirical Analysis
238 F. 1 · 1917
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2002 · most notably Gisbrecht v. Barnhart (2002), Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford (2002)
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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
Relies on Menendez v. Holt · Singer Manuf'G Co v. June Manuf'G Co · G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Saalfield · Mark Jacobs v. Joseph Beecham · Merriam Company v. Syndicate Publishing Company
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is the article itself and its good qualities which the public appreciates and which cause it to desire to get the genuine article made by the manufacturer who has established its reputation, rather than something made by some one else.”
2 later decisions 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.