Quantum / reasonable estimate of antitrust damages once fact of damage is established

AND · 15usc1:injury.amount

Courts distinguish between the strict burden of proving the *fact* of antitrust injury/damage and the more relaxed standard for estimating the *amount* of damages (Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co., 282 U.S. 555 (1931); Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, 327 U.S. 251 (1946)).

Exact element source

is declared to be illegal

Source: docroot/ir/usc/title15.jsonl#title15_sec1; Unicode character offsets [220:245] (end exclusive); SHA-256 9c248965c2c712de1e3f3d52a17be4c90dfdcac5d3f9fea0b7220b164e2c2973.

All variants

Recorded DB variant labels, including zero-count variants
Variant	Description	Merits instance blocks	Distinct cases	Example cases (up to 3 per group)
amount-of-damages/lost-profits-estimated-from-past-earnings		1 Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0	1	/f2d/361/0874-01 — United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966 — satisfied

How courts decided this element

Annotation blocks, including explicitly excluded context
Case	Element	Holding and scope	Variant	Exact source quotations
/f2d/361/0874-01 — United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966	Quantum / reasonable estimate of antitrust damages once fact of damage is established	satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: proved	amount-of-damages/lost-profits-estimated-from-past-earnings	The evidence showed net profits in 1959 and 1960 of approximately $129 and $6,421 respectively, a net loss of $4,817 in 1961, and a net profit of $1,385 in 1962. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f2d_361.jsonl#/f2d/361/0874-01`; Unicode character offsets [34753:34914] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `3e8e08a932e895de43a7032f3e31321a87a2b612988a02f8668089d2496e25d3`. Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) Once the fact of damage has been established, reasonable evidence from which the trier of fact might rationally infer the amount of that damage is all that is required. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f2d_361.jsonl#/f2d/361/0874-01`; Unicode character offsets [33417:33585] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `3e8e08a932e895de43a7032f3e31321a87a2b612988a02f8668089d2496e25d3`. Evidence kind: rule; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) The jury’s finding of actual damage in the amount of $4000 has a rational basis in this record. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f2d_361.jsonl#/f2d/361/0874-01`; Unicode character offsets [37087:37182] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `3e8e08a932e895de43a7032f3e31321a87a2b612988a02f8668089d2496e25d3`. Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

Court interpretations

interpretation

Once the fact of damage has been established, reasonable evidence from which the trier of fact might rationally infer the amount of that damage is all that is required.

/f2d/361/0874-01 — United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966

Once the fact of damage has been established, reasonable evidence from which the trier of fact might rationally infer the amount of that damage is all that is required.

Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f2d_361.jsonl#/f2d/361/0874-01; Unicode character offsets [33417:33585] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3e8e08a932e895de43a7032f3e31321a87a2b612988a02f8668089d2496e25d3.