Farnum v. Comm'r of Patents & Trademarks, 484 U.S. 807 (1987). · Go Syfert
Farnum v. Comm'r of Patents & Trademarks, 484 U.S. 807 (1987). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
57 citation events (17 in the last 25 years) across 13 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: United States v. Panarella Jr. (ca3, 2002-01-11)
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examined Cited as authority (quoted) United States v. Panarella Jr.
3rd Cir. · 2002 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
elaborate efforts at concealment . . . are powerful evidence that a defendant's conduct violates an ethical standard well known to him and to the whole community, and not just something thought up after the fact by a perhaps overly sensitive federal judge.
examined Cited as authority (quoted) United States v. Nicholas Panarella, Jr.
3rd Cir. · 2002 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
elaborate efforts at concealment ... are powerful evidence that a defendant's conduct violates an ethical standard well known to him and to the whole community, and not just something thought up after the fact by a perhaps overly sensitive federal judge.
cited Cited "see" Johnny Copeland v. Florida Department of Corrections Secretary
11th Cir. · 2021 · signal: see · confidence high
See Copeland v. Dugger, 484 U.S. 807 , 108 S. Ct. 55 (1987).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Michael Bryant Brumley (2×)
5th Cir. · 1997 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Holzer, 816 F.2d 304, 307-10 (7th Cir.) (affirming the conviction of a county judge who accepted “loans” from attorneys who practiced before him, even though the government never showed that the judge ruled differently in a ease because of any lawyer’s willingness to make a “loan”), vacated, 484 U.S. 807 , 108 S.Ct. 53 , 98 L.Ed.2d 18 (1987) (remanded for reconsideration in light of McNally); United States v. Silvano, 812 F.2d 754 (1st Cir.1987) (affirming the conviction of a city budget director who did not disclose his secret plan to enrich a friend with…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Verna Emery, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. American General Finance, Incorporated (2×)
7th Cir. · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence low
"Read literally," we cautioned, the " 'fair play' theory of mail and wire fraud" would "put federal judges in the business of creating new crimes; federal criminal law would be the nation's moral vanguard." Id. (emphasis added); see also United States v. Holzer, 816 F.2d 304, 309 (7th Cir.1987), cert. granted and judgment vacated on other grounds, 484 U.S. 807 , 108 S.Ct. 53 , 98 L.Ed.2d 18 (1987) ('moral uprightness' standard "is much too broad" and "cannot ... be taken literally.").
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Young v. Lane
7th Cir. · 1991 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Chapman v. Pickett, 801 F.2d 912, 919 (7th Cir.1986) (Easterbrook, J., dissenting) ("a prisoner is more like a member of the military than of free society”), cert. granted and judgment vacated and remanded, 484 U.S. 807 , 108 S.Ct. 54 , 98 L.Ed.2d 19 (1987). .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MICHAEL BRYANT BRUMLEY
unknown court · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Holzer, 816 F.2d 304, 307-10 (7th Cir.) (affirming the conviction of a county judge who accepted “loans” from attorneys who practiced before him, even though the government never showed that the judge ruled differently in a case because of any lawyer’s willingness to make a “loan”), vacated, 484 U.S. 807 (1988) (remanded for reconsideration in light of McNally); United States v. Silvano, 812 F.2d 754 (1st Cir. 1987) (affirming the conviction of a city budget director who did not disclose his secret plan to enrich a friend with an expensive and unnecessary …
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Farnum
v.
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and Uhlmann-Kihei, Inc. v. GAH, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 5, 1987.
484 U.S. 807

Motions to direct the Clerk to file the petitions for writs of certiorari out of time denied.