Merck & Co. v. Kidd’s Empirical Analysis
242 F.2d 592 · 1957
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently February 2010
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 301 (Animal Drug Amendments of 1968) · 21 U.S.C. § 342 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 262 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
Relies on Perlmutter v. Beth David Hospital · United States v. 449 Cases, Containing Tomato Paste · 22 F. Supp. 515 - United States v. 133 Cases of Tomato Paste · Matlaw Corp. v. War Damage Corp. · United States v. 1851 Cartons Labeled In Part H. & G. Famous Booth Sea Foods Whiting Frosted Fish
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Despite every effort to screen the donors, it is recognized that the possibility that the hepatitis virus may be present in dried plasma cannot be completely obviated. Moreover, if the virus is present, it cannot be discovered by microscopic examination or by any other test known to medical science.” 242 F.2d at 594 .”
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.