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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 284 U.S. 448 - Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co. · 1932Most cited · 543 citing opinions

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Profits are thus allowed 'as an equitable measure of compensation.

How often courts cite the case defining “profits”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “profits” — 543 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.