Ware v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
614 F.2d 413 · 1980
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Bryant v. Avado Brands, Inc. (1999), Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n (1993)
25 federal appellate · 3 district · 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.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 15B (Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Padilla-Martinez v. United States · Topsy's International, Inc. v. Seiffer · Jarvis v. United States
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the express wording of the Order for Dismissal affirmatively indicate[d] that the district court did not consider the extra-pleading matters.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“complete discretion to determine whether or not to accept any material beyond the pleadings that is offered in conjunction with a Rule 12(b)(6) motion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The lower court's order makes clear that the judge ruled only on the motion to dismiss, and we treat the case as being in that posture.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kulwicki v. Dawson
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.