Hebert v. Wicklund’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 218 · 1984
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 27 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably Paterson-Leitch Co. v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. (1988), Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'n (1998)
33 federal appellate · 27 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 17 U.S.C. § 501 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp. · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Garber v. United States · ITT Continental Baking Co. v. William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. · Corning Glass Works v. Brennan
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts, like the Deity, are most frequestly moved to help those who help themselves ... 'Although a district court should generally apply Rule 56(f) liberally, the court need not employ the rule to spare litigants from their own lacke of diligence.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“facts essential to justify [its] opposition”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees In any civil action under [the Copyright Act], 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.”
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.