Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.2d 1120 · 1979
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably Associated Gas Distributors v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1987), Esch v. Yeutter (1989)
47 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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. Nixon · Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Bullock v. United States · Service v. Dulles
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Commission may not ... order adjustments in previously approved rates for services not before it in the certificate proceeding.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to play fast and loose with its own regulations”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“attach ... such reasonable terms and conditions as the public convenience and necessity may require.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Northern Natural Gas Company, Division of Internorth, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Michigan Power Company, Northern States Power Company, Process Gas Consumers Group, Energy Issues Intervention Office of the Minnesota Department of Public Service, Intervenors. Northern Natural Gas Company, Division of Internorth, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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.