Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
574 federal appellate · 172 district · 72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,579 later decisions (64 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992), Landgraf v. USI Film Products (1994)
574 federal appellate · 172 district · 72 state decisions — followed in 13 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedBoureslan v. Aramco, Arabian American Oil Co. (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 14 U.S.C. § 89 · 15 U.S.C. § 1127 (§ 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 2052 · 15 U.S.C. § 49 (§ 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 7 · 18 U.S.C. § 953 · 19 U.S.C. § 1701
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Udall v. Tallman · Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · Southeastern Community College v. Davis
Cited together with Foley Bros. v. Filardo · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Hartford Fire Insurance Co v. California Merrett Underwriting Agency Management Limited
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 1,579 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“legislation of Congress, unless a contrary intent appears, is meant to apply only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.”
35 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“serves to protect against unintended clashes between our laws and those of other nations which could result in international discord.”
28 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'will depend upon the thoroughness evident in its consideration, the validity of its reasoning, its consistency with earlier and later pronouncements, and all those factors which give it power to persuade, if lacking power to control.'”
17 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.