Alvin L. Breen v. Walter A. Miller and Herbert G. Stine’s Empirical Analysis
347 F.2d 623 · 1965
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently August 1983
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 Corona Cord Tire Co. v. Dovan Chemical Corp. · Frederick F. Blicke v. Gino R. Treves · Morway v. Bondi · Kyrides v. Bruson · Brydle v. Honigbaum
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, we are not satisfied that the filament’s utility is not “apparent.” To the contrary, the filament in question so clearly resembles previously known filaments of organic polymers, i. e., nylon, that it obviously would be useful for the same purpose as such filaments. [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ciric v. Flanigen
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.