Texaco Inc. v. Federal Power Commission’s Empirical Analysis
474 F.2d 416 · 1972
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717 · 15 U.S.C. § 717C · 15 U.S.C. § 717D · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin · Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. · Mahan v. Howell
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Indirect ‘regulation’ ... is worse than an exemption simpliciter. Such an approach retains the false illusion that a government agency is keeping watch over rates, pursuant to the statute’s mandate, when it is in fact doing nothing.” Texaco, Inc. v. FPC, [154 U.S.App.D. C. 168] 474 F.2d 416 (D.C.Cir. 1973) vacated and remanded, [ 417 U.S. 380 , 94 S.Ct. 2315 , 41 L.Ed.2d 141 ] 42 U.S. L.W. 4867 (June 10, 1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . [an unregulated industry] is governed by the market while . . . [a regulated industry], by definition, is the subject of active governmental control.””
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.