In re Propranolol Antitrust Litigation’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
4 district ·
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Warth v. Seldin · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While discovery may ultimately prove plaintiffs' pricing data less than accurate, on a motion to dismiss the Court takes all well-plead allegations as true....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The factual allegations create 'a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence of illegal agreement' beyond those parties that have pleaded guilty and beyond the extent admitted by some Defendants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the chain of distribution in the pharmaceutical industry is short, direct, and well understood ... [and p]rice increases can be directly chased throughout this distribution chain.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.