Bull v. Logetronics, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably 176 W. Va. 368 - Cook v. Heck's Inc. (1986), Perma Research & Development v. Singer Co. (1976)
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 285
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · Brooklyn Sav Bank v. O'Neil Dize · Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine Research, 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“preconceived plan and unity of design and purpose”; Bull , in turn, cited both an Eighth Circuit case and an entry from the legal encyclopedia Corpus Juris Secundum. Plaintiff claims that the Eighth Circuit case cited is inapposite because it is from the Eighth Circuit and because it arose under Nebraska law; Plaintiff also claims that subsequent entries from Corpus Juris Secundum do not contain the language”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * [T]he use of the word ‘unlawful’ does not necessarily connote criminal. ‘Unlawful’ means without authority of law; that which is not justified or warranted by law.” Bull v. Logetronics, Inc., 323 F.Supp. 115 (D.C.1971); State v. Chenault, 20 N.M. 181 , 147 P. 283 (1915).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Montoya
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.