McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 1315 · 1978
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2020 · most notably McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. (1980), Williamson v. Tucker (1981)
29 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · Continental Inc v. Gte Sylvania Incorporated · National League of Cities v. Usery · Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“persons moving into and out of the Greater New Orleans area”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . Jurisdiction is conferred if the acts complained of occur in the flow of commerce, or if these acts, though local in nature, substantially affect interstate commerce.” “• ■ .we must focus on the impact of the particular activities challenged in the appellants’ complaint. The test is not that ‘the acts complained of affect a business engaged in interstate commerce, but that the conduct complained of affects the interstate commerce of such business.’””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unlike the attorneys in Goldfarb whose participation in title insurance was statutorily mandated, real estate brokers are neither necessary nor integral participants in the 'interstate aspects' of realty financing and insurance.”
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.