Fair v. Federal Trade Commission’s Empirical Analysis
272 F.2d 609 · 1959
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 1985
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 41 (§ 1 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 69 (Fur Products Labeling Act)
Relies on Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros. · Mandel Bros. v. Federal Trade Commission · Progress Tailoring Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Commissioner inferred a lack of good faith solely on the ground that the Fair was obligated to examine the labels, regardless of guarantee, and that the Fair was, therefore, responsible for all errors discernable, by exercise of ordinary diligence, to one possessed of the requisite skill and knowledge of the act and regulations. As indicated, it is our conclusion that no such duty has been imposed. Fair v. F.T.C., supra at 612”
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.