United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
369 federal appellate · 63 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 762 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2018 · most notably Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (1978), Chrysler Corporation v. Brown (1979)
369 federal appellate · 63 district · 20 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 28 U.S.C. § 2321 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 556 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Cruz v. Hauck · Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · Parham v. Cortese
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 762 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inquire into the soundness of the reasoning by which the Commission reaches its conclusions only to ascertain that the latter are rationally supported.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the agency statute, in addition to providing a hearing, prescribes explicitly that it be 'on the record' " (quotation omitted) ). Thus, section 509(c) applies only to formal agency adjudications. Congress has specified only that the EPA is to issue NDPES permits "after opportunity for public hearing,”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice; or (B) when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. (c) After notice required by this section, the agency shall give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making through submission of written data, views, or arguments with or without opportunity for oral presentation. After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the agency shall incorporate in the rules adopted a concise general statement of their basis and purpose. When rules are required by statute to be made on the record after opportunity for an agency hearing, sections 556 and 557 of this title apply instead of this subsection.”
6 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.