American Home Products Corp. v. Lockwood Manufacturing Co.’s Empirical Analysis
483 F.2d 1120 · 1973
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Ac Aukerman Company v. Rl Chaides Construction Co (1992), Watkins v. Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Ass'n (1980)
18 federal appellate · 3 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 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · Black v. Amen · The Cold Metal Process Company and the Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, Trustee v. Republic Steel Corporation, Republic Steel Corporation v. The Cold Metal Process Company and the Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, Trustee · Baker Manufacturing Co. v. Whitewater Manufacturing Co. · Gillons v. Shell Co. of California
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This notification is important, partly because it puts the accused infringer on notice that a suit will be filed against him on this issue, and partly because it permits him to bring a declaratory judgment action if the delay in waiting for a judicial determination would be a burden upon his proposed operation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should be followed 'unless the court is convinced of a very palpable error in law or fact.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]s an issue of fact, a finding of laches cannot be disturbed unless it has been shown to be clearly erroneous, and as a question addressed to the discretion of the District Court, it will not be disturbed unless an abuse of discretion has been shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marshall v. Toombs
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.