Indiana Federation of Dentists v. Federal Trade Commission’s Empirical Analysis
745 F.2d 1124 · 1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1012 (§ 2 of the McCarran-Ferguson Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1013 (§ 3 of the McCarran-Ferguson Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 17 (§ 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 44 (§ 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914)
Relies on Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · Monsanto Company v. Spray-Rite Service Corporation · Continental Inc v. Gte Sylvania Incorporated
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The name of the game is money. The government and labor are determined to reduce the cost of the dental health dollar at the expense of the dentist. There is no way a dental service can be rendered cheaper when the third party has to have its share of the dollar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the IFD member dentists allowed insurers to visit the dental office to review and examine the patient's x rays along with all of the other diagnostic and clinical aids used in formulating a proper course of dental treatment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n the absence of . . . concerted behavior, individual dentists would have been subject to market forces of competition, creating incentives for them to . . . comply with the requests of patients' third-party insurers,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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