Kingsdown Medical Consultants, Ltd. v. Hollister Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 867 · 1988
Citation profile
116 federal appellate · 110 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 588 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Molins PLC v. Textron, Inc. (1995), Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation v. Genentech, Inc. (1991)
116 federal appellate · 110 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 131
Relies on Precision Instrument Mfg Co v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery Co · Poland v. Arizona · Marathon Oil Co. v. United States · Thompson v. Thompson
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 588 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the involved conduct, viewed in light of all the evidence, including evidence indicative of good faith, must indicate sufficient culpability to require a finding of intent to deceive.”
34 later decisions quote this exact passage“definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage“the appellant must establish that the ruling is based on clearly erroneous findings of fact or on a misapplication or misinterpretation of applicable law, or evidences a clear error of judgment on the part of the district court.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.