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Echo, Inc. v. Hinson’s Empirical Analysis

48 F.3d 8 · 1995

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
December 1996
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 49 U.S.C. § 44709 · 5 U.S.C. § 706

Relies on Johnson v. National Transportation Safety Board · Hite v. National Transportation Safety Board · ConnAire, Inc. v. Secretary, United States Department of Transportation · Carey v. Civil Aeronautics Board

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[i]n an in flight emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot in command may deviate from any rule of this part to the extent required to meet that emergency.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law.”
    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.