United States Department of Transportation v. Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
156 federal appellate · 64 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 427 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2024 · most notably School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline (1987), Lane v. Pena Secretary of Transportation (1996)
156 federal appellate · 64 district · 7 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
reviewedParalyzed Veterans of America v. Civil Aeronautics Board (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · Alexander v. Choate · Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin · Grove City College v. Bell
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 427 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“those who are in a position to accept or reject those obligations as a part of the decision whether or not to 'receive' federal funds.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress limited the scope of § 504 to those who actually 'receive' federal financial assistance because it sought to impose § 504 coverage as a form of contractual cost of the recipient's agreement to accept the federal funds.”
7 later decisions 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.