Thompson v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
551 F.2d 1316 · 1977
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lemon v. Kurtzman · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Lemon v. Kurtzman · Johnson v. United States · First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ordinarily ... the proper disposition on setting aside a rate increase unlawfully ordered by the Commission [is] to compel the regulated company to restore the entire difference between the higher fares collected under the invalid order and the amount that it would have received from the fare schedule previously in effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he general principles governing the shaping and review of equitable decrees are fully applicable to awards of restitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[R]estitution is not a matter of right, but is 'ex gratia, resting in the exercise of a sound discretion' ... .”
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.