Shell Oil Co. v. Train’s Empirical Analysis
585 F.2d 408 · 1978
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2018 · most notably Crown Simpson Pulp Co. v. Costle (1980), Boise Cascade Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (1991)
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · National League of Cities v. Usery · Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · Chas Steward Mach Co v. Davis · Dunlop v. Bachowski
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the policy of the Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of States to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution, to plan the development and use (including restoration, preservation, and enhancement) of land and water resources, and to consult with the Administrator in the exercise of his authority under this chapter. It is the policy of Congress that the States manage the construction grant program under this chapter and implement the permit programs under sections 1342 and 1344 of this title. It is further the policy of the Congress to support and aid research relating to the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution, and to provide Federal technical services and financial aid to State and interstate agencies and municipalities in connection with the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“assume the major role in the operation of the NPDES program.”
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.