Amgen Inc. v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
357 F.3d 103 · 2004
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 21 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently June 2026 · most notably FC Investment Group LC v. IFX Markets, Ltd. (2008), Shays v. Federal Election Commission (2005)
29 federal appellate · 21 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 Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · Bennett v. Spear · Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · Leedom v. Kyne
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1395ff of this title, section 1395oo of this title, or otherwise, of— (A) the establishment of payment amounts under paragraph (5); (B) the awarding of contracts under this section; (C) the designation of competitive acquisition areas under subsection (a)(1)(A) and the identification of areas under subsection (a)(l)(D)(iii); (D) the phased-in implementation under subsection (a)(1)(B) and implementation of subsection (a)(1)(D); (E) the selection of items and services for competitive acquisition under subsection (a)(2) of this section; (F) the bidding structure and number of contractors selected under this section; or (G) the implementation of the special rule described in paragraph (10).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“payments for outpatient hospital care to be made based on predetermined rates.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“extends no further than the Secretary's statutory authority to make them.”
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.