Bell v. Eagle Mountain Saginaw’s Empirical Analysis
2022
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Applies 17 U.S.C. § 107 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Fogerty Fantasy Inc · Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the scope of fair use is narrower with respect to unpublished works,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the rule rather than the exception and should be awarded routinely.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“traditional, reasonable, or likely to be developed.”
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.