United States v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
334 U.S. 100 · 1948
Citation profile
699 federal appellate · 165 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,437 later decisions (72 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Pullman-Standard v. Swint (1982), United States v. Grinnell Corp. (1966)
699 federal appellate · 165 district · 27 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. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 29
Relies on Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States · American Tobacco Co. v. United States · United States v. Swift & Co. · Swift Company v. United States · International Salt Co. v. United States
Cited together with United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · Times-Picayune Pub Co v. United States · American Tobacco Co. v. United States · United States v. Grinnell Corp. · International Salt 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 1,437 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the use of monopoly power, however lawfully acquired, to foreclose competition, to gain a competitive advantage, or to destroy a competitor, is unlawful.”
51 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal * * *”
2 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.