United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
552 F.2d 817 · 1977
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably United States v. Seward (1982), Minnesota v. Block (1981)
23 federal appellate · 10 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
Relies on United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n · United States v. Grimaud · United States v. City & County of San Francisco · Fort Leavenworth Co v. Lowe · Kleppe v. New Mexico
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to preserve, for the inspiration and enjoyment of present and future generations, the outstanding scenery, geological conditions, and waterway system which constituted a part of the historic route of the Voyageurs who contributed significantly to the opening of the Northwestern United States.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“hunting on the waters in the park could 'significantly interfere with the use of the park and the purposes for which it was established.'”
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.