Wheelabrator Corp. v. Chafee’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a body of technology, special equipment and tooling, all of which uniquely qualifies plaintiff to manufacture the portable ship hull cleaner for the Navy and avoid the undue delay and expense which would arise from a new supplier having to acquire such technique, technology, tooling and equipment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Carborundum Company

2. “deprive the Department of the Navy of the benefits of plaintiff's technical skill and know-how derived from its development of this product over the past twelve years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Carborundum Company