Mecham v. Udall’s Empirical Analysis
369 F.2d 1 · 1966
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 1982
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Udall v. Tallman · United States v. Midwest Oil Co. · Wilbur v. United States ex rel. Barton
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(S)uch withdrawals or reservations shall remain in force until revoked by him (the President) or by an Act of Congress.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We cannot say that from the Government’s viewpoint and considering its permanence compared to the life of man, and the significance of oil shale as a national resource, that this [withdrawal] has not been temporary. . . . The Pickett Act and the Executive Order both expressly provide for revocation of the withdrawal by either the President or by Congress. Thus appellants can seek a revocation by either if they feel the withdrawal has extended beyond what a temporary one should.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * We cannot say that from the Government's viewpoint and considering its permanence compared to the life of man, and the significance of oil shale as a national resource, that this has not been temporary. There is evidence that investigations and studies are being conducted to carry out the purposes of the withdrawal. * * *”
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.