Atlantic Thermoplastics Co. v. Faytex Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
5 F.3d 1477 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably Transmatic Inc v. Gulton Industries Inc (1995), Maxwell v. J. Baker, Inc. (1996)
14 federal appellate · 2 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. § 44 · 35 U.S.C. § 102
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Bibby v. United States · Kelley v. Everglades Drainage District · Ohse v. Hughes
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This court must review factual findings made by the district court; it may not guess at findings left unmade. Fact-finding by the appellate court is simply not permitted.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The reviewing court oversteps the bounds of its duty under Rule 52(a) if it undertakes to duplicate the role of the lower court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Here the court's opinion is too conclusory and sparse to provide a factual basis for determining whether the invention was on sale....”
2 later decisions 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.