Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
1,877 federal appellate · 1,157 district · 253 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7,025 later decisions (49 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. (1986), Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (2007)
1,877 federal appellate · 1,157 district · 253 state decisions — followed in 32 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
reviewedPoller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 15 (§ 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 2 (§ 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Times-Picayune Pub Co v. United States · Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc. · Eastman Kodak Co of New York v. Southern Photo Materials Co
Cited together with First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · Continental Inc v. Gte Sylvania Incorporated
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 7,025 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“summary procedures should be used sparingly in complex antitrust litigation where motive and intent play leading roles, the proof is largely in the hands of the alleged conspirators, and hostile witnesses thicken the plot.”
176 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no genuine issue as to material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
146 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that [he] is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
108 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.