Metric & Multistandard Components Corp. v. Metric's, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
635 F.2d 710 · 1980
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 16 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp. (1985), Centaur Communications, Ltd. v. A/S/M Communications, Inc. (1987)
36 federal appellate · 16 district · 2 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. · Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. v. United States · Saxbe v. Washington Post Co. · Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n v. Dallas Cap & Emblem Mfg., Inc.
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“provided it does not award such relief as a penalty.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“created a likelihood of confusion, deception or mistake on the part of the consuming public,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which- (A) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person, or (B) in commercial advertising or promotion, misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin of his or her or another person's goods, services, or commercial activities, shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged by such act.”
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.