Bell v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
827 F.3d 699 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. · International Ass'n of Machinists v. Duckworth · Gregory v. United States Government · County of Ventura v. Castro
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n affirmative defense is a defendant's assertion of facts and arguments that, if true, will defeat the plaintiff's claim, even if all the allegations in the complaint are true.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“bars any claims that were litigated or could have been litigated in a previous action.”
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.