Federal Trade Commission v. National Commission on Egg Nutrition’s Empirical Analysis
517 F.2d 485 · 1975
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1999
16 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 44 (§ 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 52 (Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 53 (Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 55 (Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914)
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Schneider v. State · Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · Martin v. City of Struthers
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Corporation' shall be deemed to include any . . . association, incorporated or unincorporated, which is organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“NCEN has done more than espouse one side of a genuine controversy . It has made statements denying the existence of scientific evidence which the record clearly shows does exist. These statements are, therefore, false and misleading.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(T)hat, weighing the equities and considering the Commission's likelihood of ultimate success, such action would be in the public interest.”
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.