Rossi’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 12 district · 4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) that the defendants contracted, combined or conspired among each other; (2) that the combination or conspiracy produced adverse, anti-competitive effects within the relevant product and geographic markets; (3) that the objects of and the conduct pursuant to that contract or conspiracy were illegal; and (4) that the plaintiffs were injured as a proximate result of that conspiracy.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Blood Reagents Antitrust Litigation · Just New Homes, Inc. v. Beazer Homes

2. “assumptions of perfect knowledge of future demand, future prices, and future costs”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Callahan v. A.E.V., Inc. · Procter & Gamble Co. v. Stone Container Corp.

3. “pernicious effect on competition and lack of any redeeming virtue,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation Mdl · In Re Baby Food Antitrust Litigation Jacob Blinder & Sons, Inc., Wiseway Super Food Center, Inc., Super Center, Inc., United Brothers Finer Foods, Inc., L.L. Harris Wholesale Grocery, Peter J. Schmitt & Co., 3932 Church Street Supermarket, Inc., Arleen Food Products Co., Inc., Rubin Brooks and Sons, Inc., (d.c. Civil No. 92-Cv-05495). Jacob Blinder & Sons, Inc., on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) Fka Beech-Nut-Nutrition Fka Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) Fka Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bcn Corporation, (Now Dissolved) Fka Beech-Nut Corporation Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 92-Cv-05495). Peter J. Schmitt Co., on Behalf of Itself v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut-Nutrition AKA Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bcn Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut Corporation Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00047). Wiseway Super Food Center, Inc., on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut-Nutrition AKA Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bcn Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut Corporation Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00048). Super Center, Inc., on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut-Nutrition AKA Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bcn Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut Corporation Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00049). United Brothers Finer Foods, Inc., on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut-Nutrition AKA Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bcn Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut Corporation Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00050). L.L. Harris Wholesale Grocery, a Partnership, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut-Nutrition Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Beech-Nut Foods Corporation (Now Dissolved) AKA Baker/beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Bnc Corporation, AKA Beech-Nut Corporation (Now Dissolved) Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00051). 3932 Church Street Supermarket, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Formerly Known Successively as Baker/beech-Nut Corporation, Beech Nut Foods Corporation, and Beech Nut Nutrition Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Bnc Corporation, (Formerly Known as Beech-Nut Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-0320). Arleen Food Products Co., Inc., on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Formerly Known Successively as Baker/beech-Nut Corporation, Beech-Nut Foods Corporation, and Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Bnc Corporation, (Formerly Known as Beech-Nut Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-0407). Rubin Brooks and Sons, Inc., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Gerber Products Company H.J. Heinz Company Ralston Purina Company Bnnc Corporation, (Formerly Known Successively as Baker/beech-Nut Corporation, Beech-Nut Foods Corporation and Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Bnc Corporation, (Formerly Known as Beech-Nut Corporation) (Now Dissolved) Nestle Holdings, Inc. (Newark New Jersey Civil No. 93-Cv-00802). Jacob Blinder & Sons, Inc., Wiseway Super Food Center, Inc., Super Center, Inc., United Brothers Finer Foods, Inc., L.L. Harris Wholesale Grocery, Peter J. Schmitt & Co., 3932 Church Street Supermarket, Inc., Arleen Food Products Co., Inc., Rubin Brooks and Sons, Inc., in No. 98-5125