United States v. Midwest Video Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
120 federal appellate · 15 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 262 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (1994), Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (1978)
120 federal appellate · 15 district · 21 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
reviewedMidwest Video Corp. v. United States (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 151 · 47 U.S.C. § 152 · 47 U.S.C. § 153 · 47 U.S.C. § 301 · 47 U.S.C. § 303 (Local Community Radio Act of 2010) · 47 U.S.C. § 307 · 47 U.S.C. § 308 · 47 U.S.C. § 309 (Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005)
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · National Broadcasting Co. v. United States · Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · Associated Press v. United States · United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.
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 262 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“increasing the number of outlets for community self-expression and augmenting the public's choice of programs and types of services.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonably ancillary to the effective performance of the Commission's various responsibilities for the regulation of television broadcasting.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“all interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio . . . .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.