Verrue v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 1202 · 1972
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2007 · most notably Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. (1983), McCall v. Andrus (1980)
22 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 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 5 U.S.C. § 704
Relies on Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · United States v. Coleman · Everett Foster v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior · Barrows v. Hickel
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.
““Thus, such a ‘mineral locator or applicant, to justify his possession, must show that by reason of accessibility, bona fides in development, proximity to market, existence of present demand, and other factors, the deposit is of such value that it can be mined, removed and disposed of at a profit.’ ” (citations omitted)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“positive evidence in the record of marketability”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“nor did any one of them have personal knowledge of the sand and gravel market during that time.”
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.