Pachmayr Gun Works, Inc., a Corporation, and Firearm Accessories, Inc., a Corporation D/B/A the Mershon Co., Inc. v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. Winchester Western Division, a Corporation, Pachmayr Gun Works, Inc., a Corporation, and Firearm Accessories, Inc., a Corporation D/B/A the Mershon Co., Inc. v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., Winchester Western Division, a Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
502 F.2d 802 · 1974
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp. (1985), Midwest Industries, Inc. v. Karavan Trailers, Inc. (1999)
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 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 Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the facts show that a disclosure is made in order to further a particular relationship, a relationship of confidence may be implied, e.g., disclosure to a prospective purchaser to enable him to appraise the value of the secret, disclosure to a prospective lender to assure him of the prospects of a borrower’s business, disclosure to agent, partner, or joint adventurer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'[C]ourts will consider the factual circumstances of each case on an individual basis, to determine whether a confidential relationship may reasonably be implied' such that an entity has the duty to maintain the secrecy of confidential information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In re Gen. Capacitor“In any action Under this chapter in which judgment is entered against the defendant the plaintiff shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee together with the cost of the suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.