Federal Trade Commission v. Lonning’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.2d 202 · 1976
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently November 2009 · most notably Federal Trade Commission v. Texaco, Inc. Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Company. Federal Trade Commission v. The Superior Oil Company, Inc., a Corporation. Federal Trade Commission v. Exxon Corporation, a Corporation. Federal Trade Commission v. Shell Oil Company, a Corporation. Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Company of California, a Corporation. Federal Trade Commission v. Mobil Oil Corporation, a Corporation (1977), Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Securities and Exchange Commission (1989)
38 federal appellate · 4 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
Relies on Oklahoma Press Pub Co v. Walling US News Printing Co · Griffin v. California · Taylor v. United States · Kansas City Star Co. v. United States · Covey Oil Company, Valley Oil Company, Frank Ferguson, Fred Smith and Jack Wiles v. Continental Oil Company and Texaco, Inc., Pyramid Oil Company, Premium Oil Company and Quality Oil Company v. Continental Oil Company and Texaco, Inc., Slim Olson, Inc. v. Continental Oil Company and Texaco, Inc.
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We see no abuse of discretion in limiting the disclosure of the individual brand cost data to counsel of record. Although this court has previously commented that there may be some distinction between disclosure of trade secrets to house counsel and outside counsel, [footnote omitted] [F.T.C. v. Crowther, 139 U.S.App.D.C. 137 , 430 F.2d 510 , 515 (1970) ], we find no abuse of discretion in refusing to limit such disclosure in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A finding by the district court that documents are relevant and necessary to an inquiry by the FTC is essentially factual in nature and cannot be overturned unless the district court's finding is clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“. . . should be disclosed only to counsel of record who are 'outside' counsel and should not be revealed to any counsel of record who is inside or house counsel for a respondent.”
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.