Blackman v. Hadron, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
450 F.2d 781 · 1971
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 1996
5 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · Paul A. Muller and Celfil Company Establishment v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation · Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. FMC Corp. · In re Fried Furniture Corp. · Wallace & Tiernan Inc. v. General Electric Company
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Quite apart from the threat of future litigation, the grievous effects of the unresolved charges of infringement already linger on: its past customers discouraged, and prospective customers intimidated, by the litigious atmosphere ..., Hadron finds itself without a market.”
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.