Washington v. General Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 110 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Maryland v. Louisiana (1981), Illinois v. City of Milwaukee (1972)
41 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 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.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 29 · 42 U.S.C. § 1857
Relies on Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · State of Georgia v. Pennsylvania R Co · Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co. · Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. · Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. State of Missouri - 9 1939
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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the exercise of our original jurisdiction so as truly to fulfill the constitutional purpose we not only must look to the nature of the interest of the complaining State the essential quality of the right asserted but we must also inquire whether recourse to that jurisdiction . . . is necessary for the State's protection. . . . We have observed that the broad statement that a court having jurisdiction must exercise it . . . is not universally true but has been qualified in certain cases where the federal courts may, in their discretion, properly withhold the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon them where there is no want of another suitable forum.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because federal motor vehicle emission control standards apply only to new motor vehicles, States also retain broad residual power over used motor vehicles. Moreover, citizens, States and local governments may initiate actions to enforce compliance with federal standards and to enforce other statutory and common law rights. 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1857h-2.”
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.