United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 12 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2012 · most notably Northern Helex Co. v. United States (1975), Cities Service Helex, Inc. v. United States (1976)
3 federal appellate · 12 district · 8 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
Relies on Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co. · United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The activities of the Little Red Hen were not those of a public utility, and neither the product nor the ingredients thereof were subject to governmental rate regulation. Therein lies the difference. In our opinion private contract law and the principles applicable thereto are not controlling. This makes it unnecessary for us to delve into the many cases and texts bearing on the respective rights of parties to private contracts.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The reasonable value at time of sale of the helium content of the natural gas which the Helex group has received from the Lessee-Producers, and which has been processed in the plants of the Helex group for the separation of helium from natural gas.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our opinion general intent is closer to original intent than is specific intent which blossoms when a component previously regarded as an impurity becomes valuable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 94-1579 · No. 94-1579
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.