Behrend v. Comcast Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 47 U.S.C. § 548
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · United Mine Workers v. Pennington · United Mine Workers of America v. M Pennington Local Union No 189 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not impeach Dr. McClave's damages model”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Having rigorously analyzed the expert reports, as well as the testimony presented by the parties during a four-day evidentiary hearing, we conclude that the class has met its burden to demonstrate that the element of antitrust impact is capable of proof at trial through evidence that is common to the class rather than individual to its members, and that there is a common methodology available to measure and quantify damages on a class-wide basis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Proof of antitrust impact relative to such claims shall be limited to the theory that Comcast engaged in anticompetitive clustering conduct, the effect of which was to deter the entry of overbuilders in the Philadelphia DMA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.