Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.2d 990 · 1975
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2012 · most notably Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (1976), Atlas Roofing Company Inc v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Irey (1977)
34 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 324 (§ 9 of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) · 12 U.S.C. § 334 (§ 9 of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) · 12 U.S.C. § 374A (§ 19 of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) · 12 U.S.C. § 377 · 15 U.S.C. § 1825 · 15 U.S.C. § 2069 (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 16 U.S.C. § 1375 (§ 105 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1540 (§ 11 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973)
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Goldberg v. Kelly · Sierra Club v. Morton · Bell v. Burson · Yakus v. United States
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(W)hether (the sanction) appears excessive in relation to the alternative purpose assigned.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“inflict a pocket-book deterrence or restraint on the recipient.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. L.O. Ward v. William G. Coleman, Jr., Individually, and as Secretary of Transportation of the United States of America, Russell E. Train, Individually, and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America, and Admiral Owen W. Silar, Individually, and as Commandant United States Coast Guard, United States of America, L.O. Ward D/B/A L.O. Ward Oil and Gas Operations v. United States · Ward v. Coleman““If, within fifteen working days from the receipt of the notice issued by the Secretary the employer fails to notify the Secretary that he intends to contest the citation or proposed assessment of penalty, and no notice is filed by any employee or representative of employees under subsection (c) of this section within such time, the citation and the assessment, as proposed, shall be deemed a final order of the Commission and not subject to review by any court or agency.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.