Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Trucking Associations’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
263
cited by 263 later decisions
15
cited 15 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
August 2012
most recently cited
134 federal appellate · 15 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 263 later decisions (15 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2012 · most notably Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. (1990), Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc. (1986)
134 federal appellate · 15 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedAmerican Trucking Ass'n v. United States (from Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 49 U.S.C. § 10101 (Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982) · 49 U.S.C. § 10706 · 49 U.S.C. § 10708 · 49 U.S.C. § 11705
Relies on Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation · American Trucking Ass'ns v. United States Eastern Motor Exp · United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
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 263 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]irst, the power must further a specific statutory purpose, and second the exercise of power must be directly and closely tied to that mandate.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Freightcor Services, Inc. v. Vitro Packaging, Inc. · Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Seattle & North Coast Railroad Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, American Short Line Railroad Association, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Angelina and Neches River Railroad, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, American Short Line Railroad Association, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Angelina and Neches River Railroad, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Intervenors. American Paper Institute, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Brown Transport Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Angelina and Neches River Railroad, Brick Association of North Carolina, American Trucking Associations, Inc., National Grain and Feed Association, American Newspaper Publishers Association, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Intervenors. International Paper Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Brick Association of North Carolina, Intervenors. The National Industrial Transportation League v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Traffic League, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Eastern Industrial Traffic League, Inc., Brick Association of North Carolina, Volkswagen of America, Inc., Intervenors. Itel Corporation, Rail Division v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, East Camden & Highland Railroad Company, Funding Systems Railcar, Inc., Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., Valdosta Southern Railroad Company, Apalachicola Northern Railroad Co., Sabine River & Northern Railroad Company, Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railroad Co., Little Rock & Western Railway Corp., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. Ford Motor Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Continental Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sysco Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Patrick W. Simmons v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. The Aluminum Association, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, Delaware and Hudson Railway Company and Maine Central Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Limited v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. National Railway Utilization Corporation, Pickens Railroad Co., Peninsula Terminal Co., the Mississippian Railway, Inc., Graham County Railroad, Inc., Atlantic & Western Railway Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sea-Land Service, Inc. And Sea-Land Freight Service, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., Intervenor. H.C. Spinks Clay Co., Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sandersville Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, Great Southern Paper, Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., and the Old Augusta Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, American Paper Institute, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Lamoille Valley Railroad Co., of Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Rubber Manufacturers Association v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, National Industrial Transportation League, Intervenor. Evans Products Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Board of Port Commissioners for the City of Oakland v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, the National Industrial Transportation League v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission““Nullification of a rate can be an extremely harsh remedy, fof it ‘renders the tariff void ab initio. As ja result, whatever tariff was in effect prior to the adoption of the rejected rate becomes the applicable tariff for the [relevant] ¡period.’””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“drafters of complex ratemaking statutes like the [Interstate Commerce Act] neither can nor do 'include specific consideration of every evil sought to be corrected.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Seattle & North Coast Railroad Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, American Short Line Railroad Association, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Angelina and Neches River Railroad, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, American Short Line Railroad Association, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Angelina and Neches River Railroad, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Intervenors. Brae Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, E.F. Hutton Credit Corporation, Intervenors. American Paper Institute, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Brown Transport Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Freight Users Association of Long Island, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Angelina and Neches River Railroad, Brick Association of North Carolina, American Trucking Associations, Inc., National Grain and Feed Association, American Newspaper Publishers Association, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Intervenors. International Paper Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Common Carrier Conference-Irregular Route of American Trucking Associations, Inc., Brick Association of North Carolina, Intervenors. The National Industrial Transportation League v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Traffic League, Inc., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Eastern Industrial Traffic League, Inc., Brick Association of North Carolina, Volkswagen of America, Inc., Intervenors. Itel Corporation, Rail Division v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, East Camden & Highland Railroad Company, Funding Systems Railcar, Inc., Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., Valdosta Southern Railroad Company, Apalachicola Northern Railroad Co., Sabine River & Northern Railroad Company, Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railroad Co., Little Rock & Western Railway Corp., Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. Ford Motor Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Continental Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sysco Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Brick Association of North Carolina, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Patrick W. Simmons v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. The Aluminum Association, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Brick Association of North Carolina, Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, Delaware and Hudson Railway Company and Maine Central Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Limited v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Intervenors. National Railway Utilization Corporation, Pickens Railroad Co., Peninsula Terminal Co., the Mississippian Railway, Inc., Graham County Railroad, Inc., Atlantic & Western Railway Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sea-Land Service, Inc. And Sea-Land Freight Service, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., Intervenor. H.C. Spinks Clay Co., Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenors. Sandersville Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, Great Southern Paper, Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., and the Old Augusta Railroad Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, American Paper Institute, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Lamoille Valley Railroad Co., of Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Rubber Manufacturers Association v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, National Industrial Transportation League, Intervenor. Evans Products Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Board of Port Commissioners for the City of Oakland v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, the National Industrial Transportation League v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission · Brae Corporation v. United States Ef & Brae Corporation
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.