American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
457 federal appellate · 45 district · 83 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 971 later decisions (35 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert (1983), Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association v. D Cuesta (1982)
457 federal appellate · 45 district · 83 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2056 · 15 U.S.C. § 636 · 29 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 2 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 652 (§ 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 655 (§ 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 669 (§ 20 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 671 (§ 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 33 U.S.C. § 1312
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission
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 971 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
84 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“and that a new, lower standard is therefore 'reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of employment.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. 13 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1913, 13 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 2007, 1988 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 28,337, 1989 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 28,429 National Grain and Feed Association and Great River Grain Corporation v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Food and Allied Service Trades Department, Afl-Cio v. Ann D. McLaughlin Secretary of Labor · ASARCO, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration“long-term profitability and competitiveness”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. 13 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1913, 13 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 2007, 1988 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 28,337, 1989 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 28,429 National Grain and Feed Association and Great River Grain Corporation v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Food and Allied Service Trades Department, Afl-Cio v. Ann D. McLaughlin Secretary of Labor · Forging Industry Association v. Secretary Of Labor
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.