Emich Motors Corporation v. General Motors Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
340 U.S. 558 · 1951
Citation profile
317 federal appellate · 80 district · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 869 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Allen v. McCurry (1980), Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez (1963)
317 federal appellate · 80 district · 65 state decisions — followed in 18 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
reviewedEmich Motors Corp. v. General Motors Corp. (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Nardone v. United States · Eastman Kodak Co of New York v. Southern Photo Materials Co · Frank v. Mangum · Sealfon 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 869 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“distinctly put in issue and directly determined”
49 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A final judgment or decree heretofore or hereafter rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws to the effect that a defendant has violated said laws shall be prima facie evidence against such defendant in any action or proceeding brought by any other party against such defendant under said laws or by the United States under section 15a of this title, as to all matters respecting which said judgment or decree would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto: Provided, That this section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken or to judgments or decrees entered in actions under section 15a of this title.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be determined by the trial judge hearing the treble-damage suit, upon an examination of the record, including the pleadings, the evidence submitted, the instructions under which the jury arrived at its verdict, and any opinions of the courts.”
8 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.