Federal Power Commission v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
133 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 194 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 1997 · most notably Permian Basin Area Rate Cases (1968), Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. (1974)
133 federal appellate · 6 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedHunt v. Federal Power Commission (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717 · 15 U.S.C. § 717C · 15 U.S.C. § 717F
Relies on United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation · Public Service Commission of State of New York Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Public Service Commission of State of New York · Fallen v. United States · Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board · Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Harrington
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 194 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Commission an opportunity to scrutinize the financial set-up, the adequacy of the gas reserves, the feasibility and adequacy of the proposed services, and the characteristics of the rate structure ... at a time when such vital matters can readily be modified as the public interest may demand....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he techniques of the National Labor Relations Board might be studied with a view to determining whether its exemption practices . . . might be helpful in the solution of the Commission’s problems. 6”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Provided, however, That the Commission may issue a temporary certificate in cases of emergency, to assure maintenance of adequate service or to serve particular customers, without notice or hearing, pending the determination of an application for a certificate, and may by regulation exempt from the requirements of this section temporary acts or operations for which the issuance of a certificate will not be required in the public interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.