Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
126 federal appellate · 49 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 304 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2012 · most notably Washington v. Davis (1976), Philbrook v. Glodgett (1975)
126 federal appellate · 49 district · 14 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
reviewedChemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · Katzenbach v. McClung
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 304 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o issue licenses ... for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other project works necessary or convenient for the development and improvement of navigation and for the development, transmission, and utilization of power ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Particularly is this respect due when the administrative practice at stake involves a contemporaneous construction of a statute by the men charged with the responsibility of setting its machinery in motion, of making the parts work efficiently and smoothly while they are yet untried and new.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway ... for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes; and if necessary in order to secure such plan the Commission shall have authority to require the modification of any project and of the plans and specifications of the project works before approval.”
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.