Rural Electrification Administration v. Northern States Power Co.’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.2d 686 · 1967
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably Hahn v. Gottlieb (1970), Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. The United States. American President Lines, Ltd. v. The United States. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. The United States. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc. v. The United States (1969)
42 federal appellate · 9 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 Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. · Massachusetts v. Mellon · United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · Service v. Dulles
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * in the nature of mandamus to compel an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where generally the Executive and the Legislative are supreme.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Traditionally, mandamus is used to compel the performance of a ministerial duty or to compel the exercise of discretion when such is required, but never to influence that discretion.” (Emphasis ours.) Rural Electrification Admin. v. Northern States Power Co., 373 F.2d 686 , 694 n. 14 (8 Cir. 1967), cert. denied 387 U.S. 945 , 87 S.Ct. 2079 , 18 L.Ed.2d 332 (1967).”
2 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.