Exxon Corporation v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
109 federal appellate · 53 district · 67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 408 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Bestfoods (1998), Ascon Properties, Inc. v. Mobil Oil Co. (1989)
109 federal appellate · 53 district · 67 state decisions — followed in 14 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.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9604 (§ 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9605 (§ 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9607 (§ 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9611 (§ 111 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9614 (§ 114 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9651 (§ 301 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9653 (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · Commissioner v. Engle · Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities 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 408 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not a model of legislative draftsmanship”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hen a federal statute unambiguously precludes certain types of state [law], we need go no further than the statutory language to determine whether the state [law] is preempted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“third parties for damage resulting from hazardous substance discharges ... [is] clearly beyond the scope of CERCLA”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.