Southern Louisiana Area Rate Cases v. Federal Power Commission’s Empirical Analysis
428 F.2d 407 · 1970
Citation profile
79 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 110 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Maryland v. Louisiana (1981), Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. (1974)
79 federal appellate · 4 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. § 717
Relies on Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Nebbia v. People of State of New York · Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Munn v. Illinois · West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
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.
“We think that the need for dramatically increased production from Southern Louisiana justifies the noncost factors added here, and that the FPC has power to include noncost elements that reflect its assessment of the need to use price as a tool to influence such economic relations. These are propositions that apply generally to regulation of utilities and quasi-utilities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he maximum rates that the Commission has set [in Opinions No. 546 and 546-A] ... are to remain in effect throughout the new proceeding, which may last for years”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, v Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Sun Oil Company, v Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and Philadelphia Gas Works Division of Ugi Corporation, Intervenors. General Crude Oil Company, v Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and Philadelphia Gas Works Division of Ugi Corporation, Intervenors. M.H. Marr, v Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and Philadelphia Gas Works Division of Ugi Corporation, Intervenors. Continental Oil Company, v Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and Philadelphia Gas Works Division of Ugi Corporation, Intervenors. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, v Federal Power Commission, Sun Oil Company, Intervenors · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Triton Oil & Gas Corp.“The purposes of The Act encompass ■ not only reasonably low rates but maintenance of adequate service for the consumer . p. 435 [Emphasis ours]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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