Holmes v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.2d 234 · 1978
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 144
Relies on Padilla-Martinez v. United States · Robert L. Dreyfus and John W. Harrison v. Martin M. Sternau · Fontijn v. Okamoto · Jepson v. Egly · Snitzer v. Etzel
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“at most, Holmes can argue that the burden of going forward shifted”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martin v. Mayer
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.