Kinnett Dairies, Inc. v. Farrow’s Empirical Analysis
580 F.2d 1260 · 1978
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 14 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 143 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2023 · most notably University of Texas v. Camenisch (1981), Missionary Baptist Foundation v. Huffman (1983)
60 federal appellate · 14 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 10 U.S.C. § 2301 · 15 U.S.C. § 631 (Business Opportunity Development Reform Act)
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Udall v. Tallman · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
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 143 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the procurement official’s decisions on matters committed primarily to her own discretion had no rational basis, or (2) the procurement procedure involved a clear and prejudicial violation of applicable statutes or regulations.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“ill-equipped to settle the delicate questions involved in procurement decisions, where long and complex factual histories, subtle economic factors, and the need for expeditious buying decisions require assessments 'better left to the expertise of an executive agency ....'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The essence of the American economic system of private enterprise is free competition. Only through full and free competition can free markets, free entry into business and opportunities for the expression and growth of personal initiative and individual judgment be assured. The preservation and expansion of such competition is basic not only to the economic well-being but to the security of this Nation ...”
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.