DiTocco v. Riordan’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 102 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Warner Bros Inc Ag Dc v. American Broadcasting Companies Inc J · Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. · Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he use of magic weapons-are scenes a faire in fantasy adventure stories”
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.