Overseas Motors, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Import Motors Limited, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Overseas Motors, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Import Motors Limited, Inc., a Michigan Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.2d 119 · 1975
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably Hechler Chevrolet, Inc. v. General Motors Corp. (1985), Bush v. Balfour Beatty Bahamas, Ltd. (1995)
40 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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
Relies on Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States · Edward C. Rea and 22 Ford Inc., a Corporation v. Ford Motor Company, a Corporation · 375 F. Supp. 499 - Overseas Motors, Inc. v. Import Motors Limited, Inc. · Bushwick-Decatur Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor 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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(e) The term “good faith” shall mean the duty of each party to any franchise, and all officers, employees, or agents thereof to act in a fair and equitable manner toward each other so as to guarantee the one party freedom from coercion, intimidation, or threats of coercion or intimidation from the other party: Provided, That recommendation, endorsement, exposition, persuasion, urging or argument shall not be deemed to constitute a lack of good faith. 15 U.S.C. § 1221 (e).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor____”
1 later decision 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.