United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
829 federal appellate · 56 district · 62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,274 later decisions (62 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner (1967), Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1985)
829 federal appellate · 56 district · 62 state decisions — followed in 16 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedStoker Broadcasting Co. v. United States (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 154 · 47 U.S.C. § 301 · 47 U.S.C. § 303 (Local Community Radio Act of 2010) · 47 U.S.C. § 309 (Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005) · 47 U.S.C. § 310 · 47 U.S.C. § 402 · 5 U.S.C. § 1001 · 5 U.S.C. § 1003
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Aragon · Rochester Telephone Corporation v. United States
Cited together with National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States · Frozen Food Express 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 1,274 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“set(s) forth reasons, sufficient if true, to justify a change or waiver of the (policies).”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not read the hearing requirement ... as withdrawing from the power of the Commission the rulemaking authority necessary for the orderly conduct of its business____ ... We do not think Congress intended the Commission to waste time on applications that do not state a valid basis for a hearing.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“operate[d] to control the business affairs of Storer”
5 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.