BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton’s Empirical Analysis
549 U.S. 84 · 2006
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 17 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 145 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2025 · most notably Molski v. Mj Cable Inc (2007), 133 S. Ct. 1886 - Sebelius v. Cloer (2013)
39 federal appellate · 17 district · 13 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
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1441A · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 2415 (Indian Claims Limitation Act of 1982) · 30 U.S.C. § 1701 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982) · 30 U.S.C. § 1712 · 30 U.S.C. § 1719 · 30 U.S.C. § 1724
Relies on Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · Central Bank of Denver Na v. First Interstate Bank of Denver Na K · Perrin v. United States · Trw Inc v. Adelaide Andrews
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 145 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless otherwise defined, statutory terms are generally interpreted in accordance with their ordinary meaning.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where possible[,] as effecting a 'symmetrical and coherent regulatory scheme.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'audit and reconcile, to the extent practicable, all current and past lease accounts' " as creating "duties”
2 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.