Portland Cement Ass'n v. Ruckelshaus’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.2d 375 · 1973
Citation profile
325 federal appellate · 30 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 565 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (1978), Ethyl Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, Ppg Industries, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company v. Environmental Protection Agency, Nalco Chemical Company v. Environmental Protection Agency, National Petroleum Refiners Association v. Environmental Protection Agency (1976)
325 federal appellate · 30 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 10 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 33 U.S.C. § 407 · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · Caminetti v. United States · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors · United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.
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 565 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'(C)omments must be significant enough to step over a threshold requirement of materiality before any lack of agency response or consideration becomes of concern. The comment cannot merely state that a particular mistake was made ...; it must show why the mistake was of possible significance in the results.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i)t is not consonant with the purpose of a rule-making proceeding to promulgate rules on the basis of inadequate data, or on data that . . . is (sic) known only to the agency.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. National Crushed Stone Association, Inc. And Luck Quarries, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, Warren Brothers Company, a Division of Ashland Oil Co., Inc., and Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, Arkhola Sand and Gravel Company, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Ashland Oil,inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency · 390 F. Supp. 2d 437 - Aarp v. Eeoc“based on a consideration of the relevant factors”
10 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.