In re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation’s Empirical Analysis
630 F.3d 622 · 2010
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 8 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Johnson v. Jones · Monsanto Company v. Spray-Rite Service Corporation
Most-quoted passages
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“an admission by an employee of one of the conspirators”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] complaint that merely alleges parallel behavior alleges facts that are equally consistent with an inference that the defendants are conspiring and an inference that the conditions of their market have enabled them to avoid competing without having to agree not to compete.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ll that we conclude at this early stage in the litigation is that the ... complaint provides a sufficiently plausible case of price fixing to warrant allowing the plaintiffs to proceed to discovery.”
2 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.