Thomas v. New York’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 7415 · 42 U.S.C. § 7604 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Power Commission, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. Mississippi Power and Light Company v. Federal Power Commission, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors · Pickus v. United States Board of Parole · South Dakota ex rel. Aurora v. Olgilvie · Robinson v. Consolidated Service Corp. · Batterton v. Marshall
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“responsible for it. In the context of a complex, multi-source pollution problem like acid deposition, identification of the problem does not necessarily bring with it identification of the blameworthy states. Had the statute been executed as Congress probably anticipated, the present suit would not have arisen. Notice of the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. New York“findings would have been issued at the same time as the proposed SIP revision notices, comment would have been taken on both, and both would have been published in final form in the Federal Register. Cf. National Asphalt Pavement Ass'n v. Train, 539 F.2d 775 , 778 (D.C.Cir.1976) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. New York“Id. at 1484 n. *. Likewise, the Court was untroubled that Administrator Costle made his findings in private correspondence, without notice, opportunity for comment, or publication in the Federal Register. The Court remarked that the EPA frequently uses correspondence to take”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. New York
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.