LeSportsac, Inc. v. K Mart Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.2d 71 · 1985
Citation profile
84 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 253 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc. (1992), Toussaint v. McCarthy (1986)
84 federal appellate · 7 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 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc. · Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · Central Intelligence Agency v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for the Unification of World Christianity · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd.
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 253 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““a party seeking a preliminary injunction in this circuit must establish both possible irreparable harm and either (1) a likelihood of success on the merits or (2) sufficiently serious questions going to the merits to make them a fair ground for litigation and a balance of hardships tipping decidedly in the movant’s favor.””
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“involves the total image of a product and may include features such as size, shape, color or color combinations, texture, [or] graphics”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“if it is essential to the use or purpose of the article or if it affects the cost or quality of the article.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.