Sperry Gyroscope Co. v. Arma Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis
271 U.S. 232 · 1926
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2011 · most notably Herbert v. National Academy of Sciences (1992), Richmond Screw Anchor Co. v. United States (1928)
14 federal appellate · 12 district ·
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 Smith v. Apple · The Pesaro · Smyth v. Asphalt Belt Ry
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whenever an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States shall hereafter be used or manufactured by or for the United States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use or manufacture the same, such owner’s remedy shall be by suit against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture. * * *””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The argument is that the act of 1918 [ 35 U.S.C.A. § 68 ] deprived the District Court of jurisdiction over the controversy between the present parties, because it limited the patent owner’s remedy, under circumstances like those here disclosed, to a suit against the United States in the Court of Claims. But we think this contention goes to the merits of the matter, and not merely to the question of jurisdiction. The true intent and meaning of the statute is not free from doubt; but certainly there is nothing therein which shows any clear purpose to take away the power to decide. It became the duty of the court below to consider and determine whether, in the circumstances stated, appellee was relieved of liability and permitted by the statute to do what otherwise would have constituted a violation of appellant’s rights. There was jurisdiction. The judgment below must be reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.””
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.