United States v. National Association of Real Estate Boards’s Empirical Analysis
339 U.S. 485 · 1950
Citation profile
493 federal appellate · 36 district · 75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 849 later decisions (39 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2020 · most notably Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. (1969), Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. (1982)
493 federal appellate · 36 district · 75 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia District Court)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Helvering v. Mitchell · United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader
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 849 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“might give the facts another construction, resolve the ambiguities differently, and find a more sinister cast to actions which the District Court apparently deemed innocent.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An agreement, shown either by adherence to a price schedule or by proof of consensual action fixing the uniform or minimum price, is itself illegal under the Sherman Act, no matter what end it was designed to serve.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Findings of fact shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses. * * *”
4 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.