Zwick v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.2d 110 · 1967
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2009 · most notably Kelly v. Robinson (1986), Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport (1990)
58 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
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 7 U.S.C. § 499B · 7 U.S.C. § 499D · 7 U.S.C. § 499H
Relies on Trop v. Dulles · Nebbia v. People of State of New York · William Truax v. Mike Raich · United States v. Brown · Williams v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a measure of control over a branch of industry which is almost exclusively in interstate commerce, is highly competitive, and presents many opportunities for sharp practice and irresponsible business conduct.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“goal of the [Perishable Agricultural] Commodities Act [is] that only financially responsible persons should be engaged in the businesses subject to the Act.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly recognized need to have financially responsible persons as licensees ... under [the] Act.”
3 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.