Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of California’s Empirical Analysis
311 F.2d 764 · 1963
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2000 · most notably Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. (1981), Simpson v. United Oil Company of California (1964)
13 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'must not only show the violation of the antitrust laws, but show also the impact of the violations upon him,' i. e., some injury (or threatened injury where injunctive relief only is sought) proximately resulting from the antitrust violation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The law does not permit an individual to see and observe a tort violation and then to voluntarily put himself in a position where a tort cause of action would accrue and because of which he might become a litigant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to accept or reject the tendered lease and consignment contract. The record shows that he went into this deal with his eyes open and knew all the facts.”
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.