Mark Wallach v. Eaton Corp

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• reasoning, in the context of assignment of antitrust claims, that federal common law, not individual state laws, should govern, and adopting Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 332 as the governing federal common law
• “[W]e hold that an assignment of a federal antitrust claim need not be supported by bargained-for consideration in order to confer direct purchaser standing on an indirect purchaser; such assignment need only be express, and that requirement was met here.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
  Third Circuit· 2017-08-15· cited 260×
• Joan Kedra v. Richard Schroeter
  Third Circuit· 2017-11-28· cited 217×
• Liana Revock v. Cowpet Bay West Condominium As
  Third Circuit· 2017-03-31· cited 131×
• E.O.H.C. v. Secretary United States Depart
  Third Circuit· 2020-02-13· cited 81×
• Covertech Fabricating, Inc. v. TVM Building Products, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2017-04-18· cited 42×
• Marion Diagnostic Ctr., LLC v. Mckesson Corp. (In re Generic Pharm. Pricing Antitrust Litig.)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-06-26· cited 11×
• Bahaa Aly v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inter
  Third Circuit· 2021-06-16· cited 9×
• In re Mushroom Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-11-22· cited 9×
• In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-08-23· cited 7×
• Walgreen Co v. Johnson & Johnson
  Third Circuit· 2020-02-21· cited 2×
• Walgreen Co. v. Johnson & Johnson
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-25· cited 1×
• Courtemanche v. Noble
  First Circuit· 2026-05-28

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-03-25· cited 2,704×
• American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-25· cited 2,015×
• Sosna v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-14· cited 2,006×
• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 1,382×
• United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-02· cited 1,102×
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-25· cited 898×
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-26· cited 882×
• In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John a
  Third Circuit· 1995-04-17· cited 850×
• Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Andrx Corporation Andrx Laboratories, Inc
  Third Circuit· 2004-05-24· cited 653×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 652×
• In Re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation
  Third Circuit· 2009-01-16· cited 549×
• Howard Hess Dental Laboratories Inc. v. Dentsply International, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2010-04-16· cited 416×
• Hartig Drug Co Inc v. Senju Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
  Third Circuit· 2016-09-07· cited 343×
• ZF Meritor LLC v. Eaton Corporation
  Third Circuit· 2012-09-28· cited 267×
• Miles v. Merrill Lynch & Co.
  Second Circuit· 2006-12-05· cited 260×
• White-Squire v. United States Postal Service
  Third Circuit· 2010-01-27· cited 215×
• Mountain Top Condominium Association v. Dave Stabbert Master Builder, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1995-12-18· cited 172×
• Harris v. Pernsley
  Third Circuit· 1987-05-15· cited 171×
• Duraco Products, Inc. v. Joy Plastic Enterprises, Ltd., D/B/A Backyard Products Travis Products, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1994-12-16· cited 163×