Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 405 U.S. 1017 (1972). · Go Syfert
Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 405 U.S. 1017 (1972). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
206 citation events (19 in the last 25 years) across 74 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: State v. Majors (ncctapp, 1985-02-19)
Treatment trajectory · 1972 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
1972 1999 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 22 distinct citers.
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) State v. Majors
N.C. Ct. App. · 1985 · signal: see, e.g. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
i can't see what the key has to do with this case, frankly.
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Tahan v. Hodgson
D.C. Cir. · 1981 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
the polestar is whether a reasonable method of notification is employed and reasonable opportunity to be heard is afforded to the person affected
examined Cited as authority (quoted) John E. Zeller v. Donegal School District Board of Education (2×)
3rd Cir. · 1975 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence low
complaints which are based on nothing more than school regulations of the length of a male student's hair do not 'directly and sharply implicate basic constitutional values' and are not cognizable in federal courts . . ..
cited Cited "see" Ronson v. Talesnick
D.N.J. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 439 (3d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972); Remington Arms Co. v. Liberty Mut.
cited Cited "see" Chuidian v. Philippine National Bank
C.D. Cal. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir.1971) cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
discussed Cited "see" Peter R. Ackermann, Dieter Schultze-Zeu, Dietger Feder, Detlef P. Eulitz and Karl-Heinz Lingner v. Ira Levine
2d Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Somportex v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum, 453 F.2d 435, 443 (3d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972) (quoting Goodyear v. Brown, 55 Pa. 514 , 26 A. 665, 666 (1893)); see also, Loucks v. Standard Oil Co., 224 N.Y. 99, 110 , 120 N.E. 198 (1918) (Cardozo, J.) (vested rights *842 may be withheld when “the cause of action in its nature offends our sense of justice or menaces the public welfare”).
cited Cited "see" Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. McCabe
E.D. Pa. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See, Somportex Limited v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435 (3d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
cited Cited "see" Hendrik Koster, a Citizen of the Netherlands v. Automark Industries, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation
7th Cir. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally Somportex Limited v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir. 1971), cert. denied 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
cited Cited "see" Sandstrom v. State
Fla. · 1976 · signal: see · confidence high
See, for example, Freeman v. Flake, 448 F.2d 258 (10th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1032 , 92 S.Ct. 1292 , 31 L.Ed.2d 489 (1972).
discussed Cited "see" New Rider Et Al. v. Board of Education of Independent School District No. 1, Pawnee County, Oklahoma, Et Al.
SCOTUS · 1974 · signal: see · confidence high
See Freeman v. Flake, 405 U.S. 1032 , 92 S.Ct. 1292 , 31 L.Ed.2d 489 ; Olff v. East Side Union High School District, 404 U.S. 1042 , 92 S.Ct. 703 , 30 L.Ed.2d 736 . 4 Petitioners were not wearing their hair in a desired style simply because it was the fashionable or accepted style, or because they somehow felt the need to register an inchoate discontent with the general malaise they might have perceived in our society.
cited Cited "see" Lattanzio v. Commonwealth
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 1973 · signal: see · confidence high
See Freeman v. Flake, 448 F. 2d 258 (10th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1032 , 92 S. Ct. 1292 , 31 L.
discussed Cited "see" Gerald Brent Fagan v. National Cash Register Company
D.C. Cir. · 1973 · signal: see · confidence high
See, a. g., Freeman v. Flake (10 Cir. 1971), 448 F.2d 258 , and cases cited at 260, cert. denied 405 U.S. 1032 , 92 S.Ct. 1292 , 31 L.Ed.2d 489 (1972), where Justice Douglas, dissenting, noted an equal division among the Circuits considering hair style regulations; Karr v. Schmidt (5 Cir. 1972), 460 F.2d 009 , cert. denied 409 U.S. 989 , 93 S.Ct. 307 , 34 L.Ed.2d 256 (1972) ; Olff v. East Side Union High School District, cert. denied 404 U.S. 1042 , 92 S.Ct. 703 , 30 L.Ed.2d 736 (1972) where Justice Douglas dissented with an opinion relating back to King v. Saddleback Jr. College District (9 C…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. Harrods, Ltd.
S.D.N.Y. · 2002 · signal: see also · confidence low
The Hilton Court also stated that: " 'Every nation must be the final judge for itself, not only of the nature and extent of the duty, but of the occasions on which its exercise may be justly demanded.’ ” and that " '[n]o nation will suffer the laws of another to interfere with her own to the injury of her citizens.’ ” Id. at 165, 16 S.Ct. 139 (quoting Story, Conflict of Laws, §§ 33-38); see also Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir.1971), cert denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972) (noting that "comity does not achieve the…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." American Sales Corp. v. Adventure Travel, Inc. (2×)
E.D. Va. · 1994 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 447 F.2d 1387 (4th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1292 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Banque Libanaise Pour Le Commerce v. Hanna Elias Khreich
5th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see also · confidence low
Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 , 58 S.Ct. 817 , 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938) (In a diversity action, a federal court must apply the law of the forum state.) Courts have frequently held that state law governs the recognition and enforcement of foreign country judgments. 1 Hunt v. BP Exploration Co. (Libya), Ltd., 492 *1004 F.Supp. 885 (N.D.Tex.1980); see also Somportex, Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 318 F.Supp. 161 (E.D.Pa.1970), aff'd, 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Remington Arms Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
D. Del. · 1990 · signal: see also · confidence low
To the extent Liberty Mutual’s second prayer for relief rests on such a theory, the Court could not entertain it. 11 “[Jjoinder of third-party defendants under Rule 14 is not automatic; rather, the decision to permit joinder rests with the sound discretion of the trial court.” Fei-naugle, 595 F.Supp. at 317 ; see also Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 439 (3d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972) (trial court’s decision to deny impleader subject to abuse of discretion standard of review); Fuel Transp.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Mentink v. World Time Corp. of America
S.D. Fla. · 1990 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435 (3rd Cir.1971) (action to enforce a default judgment obtained in England), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Salsbury Laboratories, Inc. v. Merieux Laboratories, Inc. (2×)
M.D. Ga. · 1989 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 447 F.2d 1387, 1392-93 (4th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1292 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972); Robert B.
cited Cited "see, e.g." South Carolina National Bank v. Westpac Banking Corp.
D.S.C. · 1987 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435 (3rd Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Papaioannoiu v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.
E.D. Pa. · 1983 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum, 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir.1971), cert. den., 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972); Restatement (Second) of Conflicts, § 98 (1971).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Hunt v. BP Exploration Co.(Libya) Ltd.
N.D. Tex. · 1980 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp., 318 F.Supp. 161 (D.C.), 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017 , 92 S.Ct. 1294 , 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972); Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Hall, 367 F.Supp. 1009, 1011-12 (E.D.Ark.1973).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Snepp v. United States
SCOTUS · 1980 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e. g., Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 447 F. 2d. 1387, 1392 (CA4 1971) (Virginia law), cert. denied, 405 U. S. 1017 ; Tlapek v. Chevron Oil Co., 407 F. 2d 1129 (CA8 1969) (Arkansas law); Structural Dynamics Research Corp. v. Engineering Mechanics Research Corp., 401 F.Supp. 1102, 1120 (ED Mich. 1975) (Michigan law); Restatement (Second) of Agency § 396 (c) (1958) (“Unless otherwise agreed, after the termination of the agency, the agent: . . . (c) has a duty to account for profits made by the sale or use of trade secrets and other confidential information, whether or not in competiti…
Sperry Rand Corp.
v.
A-T-O, Inc., formerly Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America
No. 71-990.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 27, 1972.
405 U.S. 1017

C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.