B. F. Gladding & Co. v. Scientific Anglers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
245 F.2d 722 · 1957
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 1997
10 federal appellate · 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
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · The Cold Metal Process Company and the Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, Trustee v. Republic Steel Corporation, Republic Steel Corporation v. The Cold Metal Process Company and the Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, Trustee · Victor Chemical Works v. Iliff · Burton v. Burton Stock Car Co. · Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as consulting engineers for Gladding engaged in working on such of the development, engineering, production and marketing problems of Gladding as may from time to time be assigned to Scientific.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even without any specific mention in the contract joint trade secrets would be protected against unlawful disclosure by one of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weins v. Sporleder“inventions, discoveries and improvements”
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.