Coles v. Wonder’s Empirical Analysis
283 F.3d 798 · 2002
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Torres-Negrón v. J & N Records, LLC (2007), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Sfm Llc v. Entertainment Distributing & Sfm Llc (2005)
21 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 408 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · Fogerty Fantasy Inc · DePiero v. City of Macedonia · Kodadek v. MTV Networks, 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“frivolousness of the claim, motivation, reasonableness, and deterrence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[H]ad [the plaintiff] been able to establish that he made the 1990 recording after listening to an audio copy of his 1982 rendition of For Your Love, he could have met the deposit requirement and his copyright would be valid from the date listed on his application. Likewise, had he made his 1990 recording after reviewing a tear sheet or other written summary that dated from 1982, he could have satisfied the deposit require *158 ment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]xcept as otherwise provided by this title, the court may ... award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party....”
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.