Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
269 federal appellate · 70 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 607 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. (1992), Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. (1991)
269 federal appellate · 70 district · 20 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
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 30 U.S.C. § 945 · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Udall v. Tallman · Maine v. Thiboutot · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen
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 607 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]riteria applied by the Secretary of Labor [under Sec. 727.203] ... shall not be more restrictive than the criteria applicable to a claim filed on June 30, 1973 [under Sec. 410.490].”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is not the law that a statute can have no effects which are not explicitly mentioned in its legislative history”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to compel the performance of 'a clear nondiscretionary duty.'”
6 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.