substantiality
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 365 U.S. 320 - Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 1961Most cited · 1,510 citing opinions
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To determine substantiality in a given case, it is necessary to weigh the probable effect of the contract on the relevant area of effective competition, taking into account the relative strength of the parties, the proportionate volume of commerce involved in relation to the total volume of commerce in the relevant market area, and the probable immediate and future effects which pre-emption of that share of the market might have on effective competition therein. It follows that a mere showing that the contract itself involves a substantial number of dollars is ordinarily of little consequence.
How often courts cite the case defining “substantiality”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “substantiality” — 1,499 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.