United States v. Shell Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
294 F.3d 1045 · 2002
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Morton International, Inc. v. A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. (2003), GenCorp, Inc. v. Olin Corp. (2004)
22 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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
Relies on Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · Lane v. Pena Secretary of Transportation · Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · United States v. Williams · California v. United States
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No court has imposed arranger liability on a party who never owned or possessed, and never had any authority to control or duty to dispose of, the hazardous materials at issue. See, e.g., General Elec. Co. v. AAMCO Transmissions, Inc., 962 F.2d 281 , 286 (2d Cir.1992) (`it is the obligation to exercise control over hazardous waste disposal, and not the mere ability or opportunity to control the disposal of hazardous substances that makes an entity an arranger under CERCLA's liability provision') (emphasis in original).”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is true that some cases impose arranger liability on parties who did not literally own or physically possess hazardous waste at the time it was disposed of or released. But in each of these cases the party either was the source of the pollution or managed its disposal by the arranger....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(3) any person who by contract, agreement, or otherwise arranged for disposal or treatment, or arranged with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of hazardous substances owned or possessed by such person, by any other party or entity, at any facility or incineration vessel owned or operated by another party or entity and containing such hazardous substances, and”
3 later decisions 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.