Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board’s Empirical Analysis
379 F.2d 453 · 1967
Citation profile
281 federal appellate · 31 district · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 472 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors (1971), Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton (1972)
281 federal appellate · 31 district · 46 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission
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 472 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'mistake ... is one that clearly had no bearing on the procedure used or the substance of decision reached.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) court will not reject an agency finding that is supported by substantial evidence merely because the agency also incidentally mentions incompetent or irrelevant material.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the agency ... could fairly and reasonably find the facts as it did.'”
4 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.