American Roller Co. v. Budinger’s Empirical Analysis
513 F.2d 982 · 1975
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently January 2002 · most notably Woods v. Covington County Bank (1976), United States v. Collins (1990)
33 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 35 U.S.C. § 102
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 113 F. Supp. 265 - T. C. Theatre Corp. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. · Emle Industries, Inc. v. Patentex, Inc. · Richardson v. Hamilton International Corp.
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'may be the appearance of a possible violation of confidences' even though this may not be true in fact.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'leaves little leeway for the exercise of discretion.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is the possibility that confidences might be breached and not the fact of their disclosure or use that dictates disqualification once a substantial relationship between two representations has been established. (Emphasis added)”
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.