Computing Scale Co. v. National Computing Scale Co.’s Empirical Analysis
79 F. 962 · 1897
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1934
3 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Campbell v. City of Haverhill · Birdsell v. Shaliol · Barr v. Essex Trades Council · Raymond v. Parish of Terrebonne · Casey v. Cincinnati Typographical Union No. 3
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As to the prayer for an injunction against suing users who have purchased from defendants, the complainant’s bill as framed prayed for an injunction and account of profits, as well as for damages against the defendant company. Upon the argument of the motion, the bill, not having been answered, was amended by striking out the prayer for an account of profits, leaving only the claim for damages. This brings the case directly within the rule laid down in Birdsell v. Shaliol, 112 U. S. 485 [ 5 Sup. Ct. 244 , 28 L. Ed. 768 ]. The right of the complainant, under the authority of that case, to sue the users, is undeniable; and, if the right to sue exists, the right to warn by letters, or by circulars, or by advertisements in newspapers, exists, and cannot be enjoined.””
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.