Toilet Goods Association v. Wga Rdner’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
742 federal appellate · 263 district · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,851 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner (1967), Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation (1990)
742 federal appellate · 263 district · 65 state decisions — followed in 12 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
reviewedToilet Goods Association v. Gardner (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 321 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 355 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 361 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 371 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 374 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 376 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States
Cited together with Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Toilet Goods Association v. W Gardner · Blanchette v. Connecticut General Insurance Corporations · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Warth v. Seldin
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 1,851 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the impact of the administrative action could be said to be felt immediately by those subject to it in conducting their day-to-day affairs.”
67 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether the issues tendered are appropriate for judicial resolution,”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. . . more light may be thrown on the (Secretary's) statutory and practical justifications for the regulation.”
2 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.