Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
147 federal appellate · 25 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 368 later decisions (26 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022 · most notably Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp (1984), Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California (1984)
147 federal appellate · 25 district · 19 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 Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors. American Civil Liberties Union v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors (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. § 201 · 47 U.S.C. § 326
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · Teamsters Local Union 657 v. Rodriguez
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 368 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are specifically enjoined from exercising any control over the content of access programming except that they must adopt rules proscribing the transmission on most access channels of ... commercial matter.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage“a significant amount of editorial discretion regarding what their programming will include.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“ensure the achievement of the Commission's statutory responsibilit[y]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.