Tandy Corp. v. Malone & Hyde, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1121 (§ 39 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co. · Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Electronics Corp. · Castro v. United States · Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, Th. Steinweg Nachf. v. Steinway & Sons
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the interests and equities of the parties and the public”
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.