United States v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
609 F.2d 1204 · 1979
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2016 · most notably Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. (1981), Avoyelles Sportsmen's League, Inc. v. Marsh (1983)
23 federal appellate · 4 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 Wickard v. Filburn · Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co. · Zabel v. Tabb · United States v. Ashland Oil & Transportation Co.
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.
“the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““We conclude that Congress constitutionally may extend its regulatory control of navigable waters under the Commerce Clause to wetlands which adjoin or are contiguous to intrastate lakes that are used by interstate travelers for water-related recreational purposes as defined by 33 C.F.R. § 209.120 (d)(2)(i)(g) and (h) (1977) [now defined by 33 C.F.R. § 323 .-2(a)(5) (1978)]. Furthermore, these regulatory definitions promulgated by the Corps are reasonably related to Congress’ purpose: ‘The objective of this chapter is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters.’ 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (a).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.”
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.