Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air v. District of Columbia’s Empirical Analysis
511 F.2d 809 · 1975
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2004 · most notably Carson v. Maurer (1980), Friends of the Earth v. Carey (1976)
13 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 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
Relies on Sierra Club v. Morton · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Train · United States v. Allen · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency · Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP)
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a schedule or timetable of compliance, emission limitation, standard of performance or emission standard, or (2) a control or prohibition respecting a motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive, which is in effect under this chapter (including a requirement applicable by reason of section 1857f of this title) or under an applicable implementation plan.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(T)he Administrator has the right to intervene in the suit, but he is not required to be a participant in such litigation and his absence does not render the action infirm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an order issued by the Administrator or a State with respect to such a standard or limitation . . .”
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.