Mendenhall Cmi v. Cedarapids Inc’s Empirical Analysis
5 F.3d 1557 · 1993
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2018 · most notably Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership (2011), Hilton Davis Chemical Co. v. Warner-Jenkinson Co. (1995)
22 federal appellate · 15 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 252 · 35 U.S.C. § 271
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Francis v. Franklin · Quercia v. United States
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]tare decisis in essence `makes each judgment a statement of the law, or precedent, binding in future cases before the same court or another court owing obedience to its decision....' Thus, stare decisis could be invoked by a district court or by this court [Federal Circuit] based on a prior decision of this court but the opinion of one district court is entitled only to comity in another district court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Well, we strive in every trial, every jury trial, not to let the jury know how the judge feels about [the case] — we put up all sorts of barriers, insulation between the judge and the jury, because everything I’ve ever read about it indicates that the jury is always looking for some indication as to how the judge feels about the case, and I agree with the Defendant’s position here that permitting this jury to have my brother judge’s 140-page opinion involving many of the same type claims as are advanced here would be to short-circuit the fact-finding mission of this jury. I’m greatly concerned that they would say, “Look, a federal judge has looked at these similar claims and has said so-and-so, and we’ll just go along with that decision,” and I think it’s an invitation for the jury to abdicate their responsibilities ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“In sum, Judge Hansen based his exclusion of the proffered materials relating to prior proceedings even though portions were relevant evidence to some factual issues, on Federal Rule of Evidence 403 [grounds]. He carefully weighed the probative value of the proffered evidence, to the extent relevant, against the danger of unfair prejudice to the defendant, and decided, in his discretion, to keep the proffered materials from the jury primarily because of possible judicial influence on the verdicts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.