Official Airline Guides, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission’s Empirical Analysis
630 F.2d 920 · 1980
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably McI Communications Corporation McI v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1983), Volvo North America Corporation v. Men's International Professional Tennis Council M III Men's International Professional Tennis Council M III (1988)
7 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. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914)
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · United States v. Colgate & Co. · International Salt Co. v. United States · Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · Silver v. New York Stock Exchange
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a monopolist, as long as he has no purpose to restrain competition or to enhance or expand his monopoly, and does not act coercively, retains [the right to trade with whom he wishes].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are declared unlawful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“except ... common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.