Buffets, Inc. v. Klinke’s Empirical Analysis
73 F.3d 965 · 1996
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently June 2023
5 federal appellate · 6 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Washington Eastern District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Warren III v. City of Carlsbad · Jesinger v. Nevada Federal Credit Union · 105 Wash. 2d 778 - Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title Insurance · 108 Wash. 2d 38 - Boeing Company v. Sierracin 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that: (a) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily as certainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (b) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“: rather than preparing and storing large quantities of food at a time, which is standard practice in many buffet restaurants, Scott instead prepared small batches of food to insure freshness. Scott had a significant amount of experience in the restaurant business and adapted many of the recipes he acquired previously to this type of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court thus notes that there was no demonstrated relationship between the lack of success of OCB's competitors and the unavailability of the recipes, i.e., OCB failed to provide that it necessarily derived any benefit from the recipes being kept secret. The court also noted that”
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.