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section 7 test

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 402 U.S. 549 - United States v. Greater Buffalo Press, Inc. · 1971Most cited · 72 citing opinions

Clayton Act · construing 15 U.S.C. § 12 · Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914

The test of § 7 is whether the effect of an acquisition 'may be substantially to lessen competition.

How often courts cite the case defining “section 7 test”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “section 7 test” — 72 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.