Banff, Ltd. v. Colberts, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
996 F.2d 33 · 1993
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2020
7 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1072 (§ 22 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1117 (§ 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co. · Levinson v. United States · Centaur Communications, Ltd. v. A/S/M Communications, Inc. · George Basch Co. v. Blue Coral, Inc. · Motown Productions, Inc. v. Cacomm, Inc.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an accounting of profits may be based upon 1) unjust enrichment, 2) damages, or 3) deterrence of a willful infringer.”
1 later decision 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.