Consolidated Metal Products, Inc. v. American Petroleum Institute’s Empirical Analysis
846 F.2d 284 · 1988
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably American Dental Ass'n v. Cigna Corp. (2010), DM Research, Inc. v. College of American Pathologists (1999)
32 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 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. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is merely a ploy to obscure a conspiracy”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. N. Am. Soccer League, LLC v. U.S. Soccer Fed'n, Inc. · Dr. Chester A. Wilk, D.C., Dr. James W. Bryden, D.C., Dr. Patricia B. Arthur, D.C., and Dr. Michael D. Pedigo, D.C., Cross-Appellants v. American Medical Association, Cross-Appellee. Dr. Chester A. Wilk, D.C., Dr. James W. Bryden, D.C., Dr. Patricia B. Arthur, D.C., and Dr. Michael B. Pedigo, D.C., Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants v. American Medical Association, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, American College of Physicians and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Defendants-Cross-Appellees“a trade association that evaluates products and issues opinions, without constraining others to follow its recommendations,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations is declared to be illegal.”
3 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.