capacity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 537 U.S. 418 - Moseley v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc. · 2003Most cited · 452 citing opinions
into the dilution inquiry both the present and the potential power of the famous mark to identify and distinguish goods, and in some cases the fact that this power will be diminished could suffice to show dilution.
How often courts cite the cases defining “capacity”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “capacity” — 567 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1826–2003
- ORIGINAL
the question as to the capacity of the grantor was not a question of absolute insanity. All the cases show, that the Court will interfere wherever a peculiar relation has been abused to influence or impose upon a person of weak mind.
Court of Chancery and weak mind