Udall v. Federal Power Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
167 federal appellate · 8 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 282 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2007 · most notably Sierra Club v. Morton (1972), 8 Cal. 3d 247 - Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors (1972)
167 federal appellate · 8 district · 19 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
reviewedWashington Public Power Supply System v. Federal Power Commission (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 661 (Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 662 · 16 U.S.C. § 757A (Anadromous Fish Conservation Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 797 (§ 4 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 800 (§ 7 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 803 (§ 10 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · United States Ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission · State of New Jersey v. State of New York · Vaca v. Sipes
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 282 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“future power demand and supply, alternative sources of power, the public interest in preserving reaches of wild rivers and wilderness areas, the preservation of anadromous fish for commercial and recreational purposes, and the protection of wildlife.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the project ... shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of waterpower development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes.”
5 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.