La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
1,103 federal appellate · 32 district · 103 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,707 later decisions (41 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover (1959), The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman (1969)
1,103 federal appellate · 32 district · 103 state decisions — followed in 23 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
reviewedHowes Leather Company, Inc. And Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated v. Honorable Walter J. La Buy, Howes Leather Company, Inc. v. Honorable Walter J. La Buy (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 13 (§ 2 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Cobbledick v. United States · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · In Re Peterson
Cited together with Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · Will v. United States · Schlagenhauf v. Holder · Ex parte Fahey
Most-quoted passages
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“proper judicial administration in the federal system.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“amounted to little less than an abdication of the judicial function depriving the parties of a trial before the court on the basic issues involved in the litigation.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Steves & Sons, Inc. v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. · 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7417, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,299 United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Quileute Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and 26 Upland and Tideland Private Property Owners, (Dan Buehler, Robert L. Davis, Bruce I. Fielding, Arthur J. Gerdes, Joe Hoots, Keith C. Huetson, Commander J.C. James, Richard Sayre Koch, Elaine C. Lefler, Joan Lemonds-Roush, John S. Lewis, Steven L. No. 96-35082 D.C. No. Cv-89-00003-Er Luke, Edward R. McMillan Robert F. Newman, Mark A. Nysether, Arthur I. Price, Ray D. Randall, Cynthia Ramussen, Robert G. Shanks, Axel Strakeljahn, Leana Tracy, Stuart W. Turner, George B. Usnick, Lee S. Vincent, Joan Walker and William E. Whitney, Jr.), Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallamtribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattletribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and James Hadley James Carter Ann Carter Charmond Adkins Larry Alexander Shirlee Alexander Grace Boyd Pierce Davis Rosemary Duncan May Davis James C. Johnston Sarah Johnston W.K. Kirch Jo Ann Kirch David Mitchell Louis Nawrot, Jr. Boon Ho Woo Harold Bauer Billie Bauer William Chase Frances Fellows George Grader Earl Hunsperger Millicent Hunsperger Edward Krenz Eleanor Krenz H.J. Merrick Moss Gordon Margaret Moss Sewall Reynolds Emma Reynolds John Riach Alva Hazel Robb Irene Smith Providence Worley, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, and Lummi Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Lummi Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Washington, and Puget Sound Shellfish Growers, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants“upon a showing that some exceptional condition requires it.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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