Playmakers LLC v. ESPN, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
376 F.3d 894 · 2004
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
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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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The ultimate question in a reverse confusion case is whether consumers doing business with the senior user might mistakenly believe that they are dealing with the junior user.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where the record includes both oral and written rulings on the same matter, 'we review the written opinion and not the oral statements.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parsons v. Ryan“necessarily abuses its discretion when it bases its decision on an erroneous legal standard or on clearly erroneous findings of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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