Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4,936 federal appellate · 2,326 district · 977 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13,798 later decisions (212 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe (1971), Califano v. Sanders (1977)
4,936 federal appellate · 2,326 district · 977 state decisions — followed in 44 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedAbbot Laboratories v. Celebrezze (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 301 (Animal Drug Amendments of 1968) · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 332 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 333 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 334 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 352 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 355 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 357 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Relies on Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · Massachusetts v. Mellon · Leedom v. Kyne · Toilet Goods Association v. Wga Rdner
Cited together with Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Toilet Goods Association v. Wga Rdner · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations Inc v. B Camp Barlow · Blanchette v. Connecticut General Insurance Corporations
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 13,798 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the fitness of the issues for judicial decision and the hardship to the parties of withholding court consideration.”
629 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only upon a showing of 'clear and convincing evidence' of a contrary legislative intent should the courts restrict access to judicial review.”
284 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“direct and immediate ... effect on the day-to-day business”
103 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.