Rockbridge v. Lincoln’s Empirical Analysis
449 F.2d 567 · 1971
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 16 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Heckler v. Chaney (1985), State Highway Commission of Missouri v. Volpe (1973)
44 federal appellate · 16 district · 2 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 25 U.S.C. § 261 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 702 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. · Richards v. United States · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations Inc v. B Camp Barlow · United States v. Kagama
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 261. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and authority to appoint traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules and regulations as he may deem just and proper specifying the kind and quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to the Indians. § 262. Any person desiring to trade with the Indians on any Indian reservation shall, upon establishing the fact, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that he is a proper person to engage in such trade, be permitted to do so under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may prescribe for the protection of said Indians.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In sum, the legislative history does not support the contention that the regulations promised under §§ 261, 262 are wholly within the discretion of the Commissioner and thus immune from judicial review.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) person suffering legal wrong because of agency action, or adversely affected or aggrieved by agency action within the meaning of a relevant statute, is entitled to judicial review thereof.”
3 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.