Repp v. Webber’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 507 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Fogerty Fantasy Inc · Ingraham v. Wright · Brown v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Having listened to the two songs at issue, however, the Court cannot say as a matter of law that they do not share any substantial similarities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Gaye · Williams v. Gaye“that a reasonable jury could infer that Repp had access to the song 'Close Every Door' by virtue of its wide dissemination in the public domain”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Repp v. Webber
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.