Microsoft Corp. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 27 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 124 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably United States of America, v. Microsoft Corporation, (2001), Hurles v. Ryan (2014)
25 federal appellate · 27 district · 26 state decisions — followed in 10 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. § 29 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Liteky et al United States · In Re Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated · 97 F. Supp. 2d 59 - United States v. Microsoft Corp.
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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Microsoft Corporation has retained the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar in Boston as local counsel in private antitrust litigation. My son James C. Rehnquist is a partner in that firm, and is one of the attorneys working on those cases. I have therefore considered at length whether his representation requires me to disqualify myself on the Microsoft matters currently before this Court. I have reviewed the relevant legal authorities and consulted with my colleagues. I have decided that I ought not to disqualify myself from these cases. 28 U.S.C. § 455 sets forth the legal criteria for disqualification of federal magistrates, judges, and Supreme Court Justices. This statute is divided into two subsections, both of which are relevant to the present situation. Section 455(b) lists specific instances in which disqualification is required, including those instances where the child of a Justice “is known ... to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.” 28 U.S.C. § 455 (b)(5)(iii). As that provision has been interpreted in relevant case law, there is no reasonable basis to conclude that the interests of my son or his law firm will be substantially affected by the proceedings currently before the Supreme Court. It is my understanding that Microsoft has retained Goodwin, Procter & Hoar on an hourly basis at the firm’s usual rates. Even assuming that my son’s non-pecuniary interests are relevant under the statute, it would be unreasonabl”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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