Anderson v. Butz’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 459 · 1977
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably Alcaraz v. Block (1984), Powderly v. Schweiker (1983)
36 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 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 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 7 U.S.C. § 2011 (Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987) · 7 U.S.C. § 2014 · 7 U.S.C. § 2019
Relies on Morton v. Ruiz · Knebel v. Hein · Hotch v. United States · Tax Analysts & Advocates v. Internal Revenue Service
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) only a clarification or explanation of existing laws or regulations is expressed; and (2) no significant impact upon any segment of the public results.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“interpretations of general applicability”
3 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.