Abend v. MCA, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 1465 · 1988
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2019 · most notably Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (1994), Stewart v. Abend (1990)
66 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 107 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 302 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 304 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 502 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc · Goss v. Board of Education · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the district court's grant of summary judgment was a final decision giving us jurisdiction to review its denial of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“an injunction could cause public injury by denying the public the opportunity to view a classic film,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the district court's grant of summary judgment [for defendant is] a final decision giving us jurisdiction [under S 1291 to also] review its denial of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment”
2 later decisions 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.