Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.’s Empirical Analysis
456 F.2d 326 · 1972
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2010 · most notably Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. (1972), Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. (1972)
22 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717 · 15 U.S.C. § 717C · 15 U.S.C. § 717D
Relies on Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission · Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. · Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission · Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co. · California v. Lo-Vaca Gathering Co.
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No natural-gas company shall abandon all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission first had and obtained, after due hearing, and a finding by the Commission that the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that the continuance of service is unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permit such abandonment. 15 U.S.C. § 717f (b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the flow of gas from the Black System into the Green System in the case at bar is occasional and irregular as well as minimal”
1 later decision 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.