John Morrell & Co. v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis
97 F.2d 232 · 1938
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably Life Savers Corp. v. Curtiss Candy Co. (1950), United States v. Jones (1966)
22 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on McLean v. Fleming · Morgan v. Daniels · Postum Cereal Co. v. California Fig Nut Co. · Frasch v. Moore · Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. Finzer
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * the characteristic feature, the thing which appeals to the eye and which, no doubt, makes the lasting impression upon a person’s memory, is not Strongheart or Heart, but the picture of a dog. Assuming that persons who are interested in dog foods are dog fanciers, what could make such an appeal or create such a lasting impression as an imposing picture of a dog and especially if it be the picture of a dog of fame such as the record here indicates to be the case?” 97 F.2d at page 237 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * nothing more than an opinion, the accuracy of which only the future might reveal. It was not a determination of an existing or passed fact or event, hut was of a speculative nature as to what was likely to subsequently occur. The issue here is not what may occur, hut what has actually taken place * * * ””
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.