Kennecott Copper Corp. v. Train’s Empirical Analysis
526 F.2d 1149 · 1975
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Alabama Power Co. v. Costle (1979), Hercules Incorporated v. Environmental Protection Agency, Velsicol Chemical Corporation v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (1978)
25 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 42 U.S.C. § 1857 · 42 U.S.C. § 1857C · 42 U.S.C. § 7405 · 42 U.S.C. § 7409 · 42 U.S.C. § 7410 · 42 U.S.C. § 7411 · 42 U.S.C. § 7607
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · South Terminal Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency · Grand Lodge of International Ass'n of Machinists v. King
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““EPA based its order upon an interpretation of the Clean Air Act which requires that national air quality standards be met by continuous emission limitations to the maximum extent possible, and that intermittent controls and dispersion systems by [sic] used only when continuous emission controls are not economically feasible.” ( 526 F.2d at 1150 )”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not authorized to require continuous emission reduction techniques in preference to intermittent controls or other methods for dispersion, or dilution, of pollutants”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“EPA could not compel Kennecott to install additional emission reduction systems at McGill unless it were economically feasible for Kennecott to do so.”
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.