United States v. Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
89 federal appellate · 35 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 248 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Marine Bancorporation, Inc. (1974), United States v. Citizens & Southern National Bank (1975)
89 federal appellate · 35 district · 3 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 12 U.S.C. § 1828 · 15 U.S.C. § 18 (§ 7 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 29
Relies on Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · White Motor Company v. United States · Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. · United States v. First City National Bank of Houston
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 248 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]ubmarkets are not a basis for the disregard of a broader line of commerce that has economic significance.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“intense congressional concern with the trend toward concentration warrants dispensing, in certain cases, with elaborate proof of market structure, market behavior, or probable anticompetitive effects.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 499 F. Supp. 793 - United States v. First National State Bancorporation · The Fort Worth National Corporation v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Fort Worth National Corporation v. Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation“the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition.”
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.