Baird v. United States Department of Agriculture’s Empirical Analysis
39 F.3d 131 · 1994
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1823 (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 1824 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1825
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Berthold v. United States · Fleming v. United States Department of Agriculture · William Dwaine Elliott v. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture United States of America · Murphy v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any civil or criminal action to enforce this chapter or any regulation under this chapter a horse shall be presumed to be a horse which is .sore if it manifests abnormal sensitivity or inflammation in both of its forelimbs or' both of its hindlimbs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]s the above definition makes clear, there are basically two ways to allow something to happen: either ‘directly,’ e.g., explicitly condoning or authorizing the conduct or act in question; or ‘indirectly,’ e.g., by failing to prevent such conduct or act— in other words, by ‘looking the other way5 or by ‘burying one’s head in the sand.’_ Liability would follow in this latter instance if, for example, an owner had cultivated a training atmosphere conducive to soring, or had done nothing to dissuade the practice, knowing the tactics of his trainers in particular and/or the pervasiveness of the practice in general.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The (A) showing or exhibiting, in any horse show or horse exhibition, of any horse which is sore, (B) entering for the purpose of showing or exhibiting in any horse show or horse exhibition, any horse which is sore, (C) selling, auctioning, or offering for sale, in any horse sale or auction, any horse which is sore, and (D) allowing any activity described in clause (A), (B), or (C) by the owner of such horse.”
1 later decision 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.