Pignons Sa Mecanique v. Polaroid Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 13 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Aetna Casualty Surety Co. v. P & B Autobody (1994), Headrick v. Rockwell International Corp. (1994)
8 federal appellate · 13 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 Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · Cruz v. Hauck · Parham v. Cortese · Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc. · Pignons Mecanique Precision v. Polaroid Corporation
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n appellee is entitled to rely on the content of an appellant's [opening] brief for the scope of issues appealed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Pignons had a fair opportunity to make these arguments and to introduce this evidence the first time. The law requires the courts to offer Pignons nothing more, for collateral estoppel implements “the principle that one opportunity to litigate an issue fully and fairly is enough.” Continental Can Co. v. Marshall, 603 F.2d 590 , 594 (7th Cir.1979). Once a plaintiff has had a chance to prove a fact, he cannot reopen the matter simply by stating that he wishes to introduce more or better evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“doctrine of res judicata, involving 'claim preclusion,’ is a concept which we hesitate to apply” in situations involving a challenge to the republication of previously-litigated false advertisements”
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.