Hardin v. Kentucky Utilities Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

243 federal appellate · 48 district · 68 state decisions

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 573 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t has been the rule, at least since the Chicago Junction Case, 264 U.S. 258 [ 44 S.Ct. 317 , 68 L.Ed. 667 ] (1924), that when the particular statutory provision invoked does reflect a legislative purpose to protect a competitive interest, the injured competitor has standing to require compliance with that provision. See Alton R. Co. v. United States, 315 U.S. 15 , 19 [ 62 S.Ct. 432 , 435, 86 L.Ed. 586 ] (1942); City of Chicago v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co., 357 U.S. 77 , 83 [ 78 S.Ct. 1063 , 1066, 2 L.Ed.2d 1174 ] (1958).”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bradford School Bus Transit, Inc. v. Chicago Transit Authority · Shays v. Federal Election Commission

2. “(W)here the only or principal dispute relates to the meaning of (a) statutory term . . . (the controversy) presents issues on which the court, and not (administrators), are relatively more expert.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. National Helium Corporation v. Morton · The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior

3. “is entitled to acceptance unless it lies outside the range of permissible choices contemplated by the statute.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. National Association of Greeting Card Publishers v. United States Postal Service, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., Council of Public Utility Mailers, Growers & Shippers League of Florida, Associated Third Class Mail Users, American Bankers Association, American Business Press, Inc., Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Direct Mail/marketing Association, Inc., Reader's Digest Association, Inc., American Council on Education, United Parcel Service of America, American Newspaper Publishers Association, and the National Newspaper Association, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., National Foundation March of Dimes, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Intervenors. National Association of Greeting Card Publishers v. United States Postal Service, (Two Cases). Time Incorporated v. United States Postal Service, Time Incorporated v. United States Postal Service. Growers and Shippers League of Florida, and Florida Gift Fruit Shippers Association v. United States Postal Service, American Newspaper Publishers Association and National Newspaper Association v. United States Postal Service, American Business Press, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, American Business Press, Inc. v. United States Postal Service. Magazine Publishers Association, Inc. v. United States Postal Service. Magazine Publishers Association, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, State of Maine, State of Indiana, State of Florida, State of Rhode Island, State of Washington, and State of Arkansas v. United States Postal Service, American Business Press, Inc., States of Utah, Iowa and Illinois, Direct Mail/marketing Association, Inc., Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Readers Digest Association, Inc., Time, Inc. & United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Association of American Publishers, Inc., Mail Order Association of America, Parcel Shippers Association, American Newspaper Publishers Association & National Newspaper Association, Dow Jones & Co., Inc., Intervenors. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Postal Service, Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Time Incorporated, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., American Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspapers Association, State of Connecticut, Direct Mail/marketing Association, Inc., Dow Jones & Co., Inc., Intervenors · Alabama Power Co. v. Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc.