Hughes v. Novi American, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.2d 122 · 1984
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Panduit Corp. v. All States Plastic Manufacturing Co. (1984), Standard Oil Company v. American Cyanamid Company (1985)
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 28 U.S.C. § 1338 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 285
Relies on Hm Stickle Im Jm Bm Jj v. Heublein Inc · Orthopedic Equipment Company Inc v. All Orthopedic Appliances Inc · Arbrook, Inc. v. American Hospital Supply 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In any civil action under this title, the court in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any party other than the United States or an officer thereof. Except as otherwise provided by this title, the court may also award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party as part of the costs.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While an award of attorney fees is to be reviewed under the standard of whether such award constitutes an abuse of discretion, an award must be set aside if it is unsupported by adequate findings of the basis for the award, thereby precluding meaningful review”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no dispute that the evidence ... which barred the grant of a patent was brought to light seven months prior to trial”
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.