American Automobile Manufacturers Ass'n v. Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s Empirical Analysis
31 F.3d 18 · 1994
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably Aetna Casualty Surety Co. v. P & B Autobody (1994), Credit Francais International v. Bio-Vita, Ltd. (1996)
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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 42 U.S.C. § 7410 · 42 U.S.C. § 7507 · 42 U.S.C. § 7521 · 42 U.S.C. § 7543
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Reiter v. Cooper · Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is hornbook law that theories not raised squarely in the district court cannot be surfaced for the first time on appeal.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the parties to an appeal or other proceeding shall sign and file with the clerk of the court of appeals an agreement that the proceeding be dismissed, specifying the terms as to payment of costs, and shall pay whatever fees are due, the clerk shall enter the case dismissed, but no mandate or other process shall issue without an order of the court. An appeal may be dismissed on motion of the . appellant upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties or fixed by the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the two-year leadtime requirement precluded [MDEP] from applying the regulations to any 1995 models because two Automakers planned to begin producing 1995 cars before two years passed after the regulations were adopted.”
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.