Bogosian v. Gulf Oil Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
561 F.2d 434 · 1977
Citation profile
143 federal appellate · 124 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 566 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Rose 88-1634 v. Bartle a Reed W 88-1646 (1989), Big Apple BMW, Inc. v. BMW of North America, Inc. (1992)
143 federal appellate · 124 district · 24 state decisions — followed in 12 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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil 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 566 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“could prove fact of damage simply by proving that the free market prices would be lower than the prices paid and that [each plaintiff] made some purchases at the higher price”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court finds that the questions of law or fact common to the members of the class predominate over any questions affecting only individual members, and that a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen an antitrust violation impacts upon a class of persons ..., there is no reason in doctrine why proof of the impact cannot be made on a common basis so long as the common proof adequately demonstrates some damage to each individual. Whether or not [impact] can be proven on a common basis therefore depends upon the circumstances of each case.”
11 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.