National Petroleum Refiners Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 672 · 1973
Citation profile
107 federal appellate · 20 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 208 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2020 · most notably Batterton v. Marshall (1980), United Steelworkers of America v. Marshall (1980)
107 federal appellate · 20 district · 16 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.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1194 · 15 U.S.C. § 13 (§ 2 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 14 (§ 3 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 1456 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1601 (§ 102 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1604 (§ 105 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 18 (§ 7 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 19 (§ 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Udall v. Tallman · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · United States v. American Trucking Associations
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 208 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“favor an interpretation which would render the statutory design effective in terms of the policies behind its enactment and to avoid an interpretation which would make such policies more difficult of fulfillment, particularly where, as here, that interpretation is consistent with the plain language of the statute.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“for it stands on the faulty premise that all possible alternative or supplemental provisions were necessarily considered and rejected by the legislative draftsmen”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is equally possible that Congress granted the power out of uncertainty, understandable caution, and a desire to avoid litigation”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.