Sizzler Family Steak Houses v. Western Sizzlin Steak House, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.2d 1529 · 1986
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Jove Engineering, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service (1996), Food Lion, Incorporated v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio-Clc, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc (1997)
30 federal appellate · 8 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. § 1065 (§ 15 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on United States v. Swift & Co. · Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · Greenblatt v. United States
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Being placed under the threat of future sanction is a present sanction'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies, American Historical Association and American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, (Two Cases) Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies American Historical Association American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency · Armstrong“'imposes a present remedy and hence is appealable.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies, American Historical Association and American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, (Two Cases) Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies American Historical Association American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency · Armstrong“What matters, however, is not the district court's characterization of its order as amendatory or explanatory, but rather the actual effect of the order on the obligations of the parties as set forth in the original judgment.”
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.