functional
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 305 U.S. 111 - Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · 1938Most cited · 1,659 citing opinions
The evidence is persuasive that this form is functional—that the cost of the biscuit would be increased and its high quality lessened if some other form were substituted for the pillow-shape.
How often courts cite the case defining “functional”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “functional” — 1,653 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.