United Gas Improvement Company v. Continental Oil Company Federal Power Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
146 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 239 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2019 · most notably Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. (1976), Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 (1970)
146 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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
reviewedMarr v. Federal Power Commission (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717 · 15 U.S.C. § 717R
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · Linkletter v. Walker · Public Service Commission of State of New York Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Public Service Commission of State of New York
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 239 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“had accomplished the transfer of large amounts of natural gas to an interstate pipeline company for resale in other States,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * because of it the Commission * * * acted properly in treating these sales of leasehold interests as sales of natural gas within the meaning of the * * * Act.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A regulatory statute such as the Natural Gas Act would be hamstrung if it were tied down to technical concepts of local law.”
3 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.