Snap-On Tools Corp. v. Federal Trade Commission’s Empirical Analysis
321 F.2d 825 · 1963
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1981
15 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · United States v. Parke, Davis & Co. · White Motor Company v. United States · Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · Citizens Bank & Trust 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)ny conduct which complies with section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)), as from time to time amended, any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder and any finally adjudicated court decision interpreting the provisions of said Act, rules and regulations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“even if this (non-competition) restriction is unreasonable as to geographic scope, we are not prepared to say that it is a per se violation of the antitrust laws.”
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.