United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
589 federal appellate · 217 district · 74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,655 later decisions (70 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2025 · most notably Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc (2000), Powell v. McCormack (1969)
589 federal appellate · 217 district · 74 state decisions — followed in 19 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. § 29 · 15 U.S.C. § 61 · 15 U.S.C. § 62 · 22 U.S.C. § 2354
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n · Simpson v. United Oil Company of California · United States v. United States
Cited together with United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · County of Los Angeles v. Davis · Powell v. McCormack
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 1,655 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior could not reasonably be expected to recur.”
108 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“thought it could increase American exports by depriving foreigners of the benefits of competition among American firms, without in any significant way injuring American consumers.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reduce[d] the practical importance of this case”
2 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.