Fleming v. Federal Communications Commission’s Empirical Analysis
225 F.2d 523 · 1955
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently August 1985 · most notably Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board (1967), Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Television Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors (1971)
41 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 717R · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 47 U.S.C. § 402
Relies on Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Villa v. Van Schaick
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“secure a just result with a minimum of technical requirements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the state of the record may preclude a just result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.