Incase Inc. v. Timex Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
488 F.3d 46 · 2007
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 19 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc. (2009), Blue Cross Blue Shield v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (2009)
9 federal appellate · 19 district · 1 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
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATES · Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc. · International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · Data General Corporation v. Grumman Systems Support Corporation
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A ruling that conduct violates Chapter 93A is a legal, not a factual, determination. Although whether a particular set of acts, in their factual setting, is unfair or deceptive is a question of fact, the boundaries of what may qualify for consideration as a Chapter 93A violation is a question of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] practice or act will be unfair under [Chapter 93A] if it is (1) within the penumbra of a common law, statutory, or other established concept of unfairness; (2) immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous; or (3) causes substantial injury to competitors or other business people.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Simple breach of contract is not sufficiently unfair or deceptive to be alone a violation of Chapter 93A.”
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.