Battle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 3 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We believe ... that proof of termination following competitor complaints is sufficient to support an inference of concerted action. In [Battle], the 8th Circuit ... held that ‘proof of a dealer’s complaints to the manufacturer about a competitor dealer’s price cutting and the manufacturer’s action in response to such complaints would be sufficient to raise an inference of concerted action.’ We agree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 568 F. Supp. 205 - Terry's Floor Fashions, Inc. v. Burlington Industries, Inc.

2. “[a]lthough General Motors involved dual conspiracies, retailer-retailer and retailer-manufacturer, the [Supreme] Court’s application of the per se rule points to the importance of the underlying horizontal nature of the arrangement. Substance should be more important than form.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 769 F. Supp. 1506 - Lovett v. General Motors Corp.