Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.
467 U.S. 752 (1984) Cited 1,434 times 29 Legal AnalysesHolding that a parent and a wholly owned subsidiary have a "complete unity of interest" because "their objectives are common" and "their general corporate actions are guided or determined not by two separate corporate consciousness, but one"
Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.
465 U.S. 752 (1984) Cited 1,186 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding that a plaintiff in a vertical price-fixing case must produce evidence which "tends to exclude the possibility of independent action"
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.
20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999) Cited 2,427 times 22 Legal AnalysesHolding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"
National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
468 U.S. 85 (1984) Cited 665 times 32 Legal AnalysesHolding that NCAA restrictions on televising college football games are subject to Rule of Reason analysis for the “critical” reason that “horizontal restraints on competition are essential if the product is to be available at all”
Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists
476 U.S. 447 (1986) Cited 554 times 14 Legal AnalysesHolding that deference is due FTC's assessment of business practices
American Needle v. National Football League
560 U.S. 183 (2010) Cited 248 times 32 Legal AnalysesHolding that an agreement among the NFL and its member teams to create an entity that jointly licensed their separately owned intellectual property constituted concerted action in violation of the Sherman Act
Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.
691 F.3d 1152 (9th Cir. 2012) Cited 646 times 10 Legal AnalysesHolding that a "district court's decision to incorporate by reference documents into complaint shall be reviewed for an abuse of discretion"
Perma Mufflers v. Int'l Parts Corp.
392 U.S. 134 (1968) Cited 512 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that doctrine of in pari delicto is not a defense to an antitrust suit
Satterfield v. Simon Schuster
569 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2009) Cited 418 times 25 Legal AnalysesHolding that the FCC's interpretation that a text message is a "call" under the TCPA is reasonable
U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.
253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001) Cited 515 times 18 Legal AnalysesHolding that district courts are not required to conduct evidentiary hearings prior to issuing relief in civil cases when "there are no disputed factual issues regarding the matter of relief
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 156,932 times 195 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Cited 17,881 times 315 Legal AnalysesProhibiting unlawful business practices
Section 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden
15 U.S.C. § 1125 Cited 15,317 times 321 Legal AnalysesHolding "the person who asserts trade dress protection has the burden of proving that the matter sought to be protected is not functional"
Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
15 U.S.C. § 1 Cited 2,918 times 69 Legal AnalysesMaking illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"
Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17500 Cited 2,665 times 64 Legal AnalysesRequiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state
Section 1670.5 - Contract or clause unconscionable
Cal. Civ. Code § 1670.5 Cited 763 times 3 Legal AnalysesAdopting UCC section 2-302 and making it generally applicable to all contracts
Section 1599 - One object lawful and one object unlawful
Cal. Civ. Code § 1599 Cited 145 timesProviding that when portions of a contract are void, the remainder of the contract is still valid