Harris v. Emus Records Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.2d 1329 · 1984
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 120 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Lieb v. Topstone Industries, Inc. (1986), Cable/Home Communication Corp. v. Network Productions, Inc. (1990)
44 federal appellate · 14 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 110 · 17 U.S.C. § 115 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 202 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc · Eisenstadt v. Baker · Davis v. Alaska · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration · Goldstein v. California
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 120 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he court has wide discretion in determining the amount of statutory damages to be awarded, constrained only by the specified maxima and minima.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Absent intent to defraud and prejudice, inaccuracies in copyright registrations do not bar actions for infringement.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether or not there is adequate evidence of the actual damages suffered by the plaintiff or of the profits reaped by defendant.”
3 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.