American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission’s Empirical Analysis
377 F.2d 121 · 1966
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently January 2001 · most notably McI Communications Corporation McI v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1983), National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications Commission (1984)
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 202
Relies on New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · United States v. Chicago Heights Trucking Co. · Eastern-Central Motor Carriers Ass'n v. United States · Unio Pac Co 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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in accord with rulings usually applied when a party comes forward with an affirmative defense to a prima facie illegality.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Examination of this record satisfies us that the Commission complied with all procedural requirements.”
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.