Traces how the Court of Justice built the restriction by object doctrine: from Société Technique Minière (STM) v Maschinenbau Ulm (30.06.1966) (“first look at the object; if the object already reveals a sufficient degree of harm, no effects analysis”) and Consten & Grundig (13.07.1966) (“no need to examine effects once the object is to restrict — absolute territorial protection”), through the appreciability filter (Völk → Cadillon → Béguelin), the early cartel line (Chemiefarma / Suiker Unie / Van Landewyck (FEDETAB) / Belasco), the concerted-practice doctrine (Anic / Hüls / Montecatini, 08.07.1999 trio), the vertical line (Metro → Miller → BMW Belgium → Nungesser → AEG → Binon → Remia (ancillary) → Pronuptia → Erauw-Jacquery → Delimitis → Javico → Volkswagen → Bayer Adalat (unilateral boundary) → General Motors (Opel bonus) → FAPL/Murphy (absolute territorial exclusivity) → Pierre Fabre → Maxima Latvija → Unilever → Visma Enterprise → Super Bock (RPM)), the appreciability / ancillary filters (Bagnasco → Wouters → Asnef-Equifax), the modern relaunch (BIDS → T-Mobile → GlaxoSmithKline → Pierre Fabre → Expedia → Slovak Banks (Akcenta boycott) → Allianz Hungária), the restrictive turn (Cartes Bancaires + MasterCard, same day 11.09.2014: “by its very nature injurious; content + objectives + economic/legal context; experience”), its refinements (Dole → ING Pensii → Maxima Latvija → Toshiba → Eturas → CHEZ Elektro (Bar minima) → Hoffmann-La Roche), the synthesis (Generics (Paroxetine) → Budapest Bank → Lundbeck → Visma → HSBC → Unilever → Super Bock → Lietuvos notarai → Em akaunt → Servier (Perindopril) → Banco BPN) and the sport-regulatory extension (Superleague / ISU / Royal Antwerp / Diarra). Earliest case on top, latest on bottom — ordered by exact judgment date (day precision). Arrows run from a later case to the earlier case it cites on the object point. Click any case to bold all directly connected cases.
Sources: Court of Justice — InfoCuria (curia.europa.eu) and EUR-Lex (eur-lex.europa.eu). Every node links to both its EUR-Lex judgment and its InfoCuria file. Edge labels are the citing paragraphs on the object notion — verifiable in the EUR-Lex “Grounds”.