Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n v. Dallas Cap & Emblem Manufacturing, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
597 F.2d 71 · 1979
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Burger King Corp. v. Mason (1983), Bandag, Inc. v. Al Bolser's Tire Stores, Inc. (1984)
24 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · Magna Oil Corp. v. Bateson · Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n v. Dallas Cap & Emblem Mfg., Inc. · Donsco, Inc. v. Casper 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"If the court shall find that the amount of the recovery based on profits is either inadequate or excessive the court may in its discretion enter judgment for such *Page 715 sum as the court shall find to be just, according to the circumstances of the case."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) defendant's profits; (2) any damages sustained by the plaintiff; and (3) the costs of the action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e might agree that increased damages may be justified by defendant's withholding or misrepresenting available sales records, which would have the effect of making much more difficult, if not impossible, plaintiff's proof of damages or profits.”
2 later decisions 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.