United States v. Grinnell Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
1,547 federal appellate · 801 district · 503 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5,347 later decisions (47 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Liteky et al United States (1994), Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. (1988)
1,547 federal appellate · 801 district · 503 state decisions — followed in 42 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. § 2 (§ 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 29 · 28 U.S.C. § 144
Relies on Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States · United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · American Tobacco Co. v. United States
Cited together with United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · United States v. Griffith · Brunswick Corporation v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat Inc · Northern Pacific Railway Co. 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 5,347 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market and (2) the willful acquisition or maintenance of that power as distinguished from growth or development as a consequence of a superior product, business acumen, or historic accident.”
165 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The alleged bias and prejudice to be disqualifying must stem from an extrajudicial source and result in an opinion on the merits on some basis other than what the judge learned from his participation in the case.”
76 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the power to control prices or exclude competition.”
54 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.