United States v. Oregon State Medical Society’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
735 federal appellate · 156 district · 110 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,513 later decisions (82 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Farmer v. Brennan (1994), Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. (1990)
735 federal appellate · 156 district · 110 state decisions — followed in 20 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.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 2 (§ 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 29
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners · Local 167 of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Stablemen Helpers of America v. United States
Cited together with United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · McAllister v. United States · United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · In Re Disbarment of Isserman
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 1,513 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is the duty of the courts to beware of efforts to defeat injunctive relief by protestations of repentance and reform, especially when abandonment seems timed to anticipate suit, and there is probability of resumption.”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Face to face with living witnesses the original trier of the facts holds a position of advantage from which appellate judges are excluded. In doubtful cases the exercise of his power of observation often proves the most accurate method of ascertaining the truth.... How can we say the judge is wrong? We never saw the witnesses....'”
17 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.