United States v. Yellow Cab Co.’s Empirical Analysis
332 U.S. 218 · 1947
Citation profile
455 federal appellate · 125 district · 69 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,165 later decisions (85 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Copperweld Corporation v. Independence Tube Corporation (1984), Times-Picayune Pub Co v. United States (1953)
455 federal appellate · 125 district · 69 state decisions — followed in 21 states
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Relationships
Relies on United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Swift Company v. United States · Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · Addyston Pipe Steel Company v. United States · Associated Press v. United States
Cited together with Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · American Tobacco Co. v. United States · United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Times-Picayune Pub Co v. United States · United States v. Griffith
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 1,165 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“interstate commerce is an intensely practical concept drawn from the normal and accepted course of business.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly a part of the stream of interstate commerce.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(T)he common ownership and control of the various corporate appellees are impotent to liberate the alleged combination and conspiracy from the impact of the (Sherman) Act.”
15 later decisions 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.