John J. Benson v. The Coca-Cola Company’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.2d 973 · 1986
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Ford Motor Co. v. Summit Motor Products, Inc. (1991), Herzog v. Castle Rock Entertainment (1999)
10 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 Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Toy Loft, Inc. · Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Co. · Novelty Textile Mills, Inc. v. Joan Fabrics Corp. · Selle v. Gibb · Worsham v. Ah Robins Company
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantial evidence, evidence of such quality and weight that reasonable and fair-minded jurors in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach differing conclusions, [specifically conclusions] opposing the motion for directed verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shahawy v. Harrison“testimony [of writers of allegedly infringing song] constitutes uncontradicted evidence of independent creation, fully negating any claim of infringement”
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.