American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.2d 875 · 1980
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Costle (1981), Washington Association for Television and Children v. Federal Communications Commission
31 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 2342 · 28 U.S.C. § 292 · 47 U.S.C. § 405 · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Ethyl Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, Ppg Industries, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company v. Environmental Protection Agency, Nalco Chemical Company v. Environmental Protection Agency, National Petroleum Refiners Association v. Environmental Protection Agency · California Co. v. Federal Power Commission · Ethyl Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we find that the agency has engaged in reasoned decisionmaking within the scope of its Congressional mandate,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether we say a [legislative] rule must be 'reasonable,' must have a 'rational basis,' or must not be 'arbitrary or capricious,' our standard for reviewing the rule is the same: we must defer to the agency rulemakers unless the challenger shows that the agency has abused the broad policymaking discretion granted it by Congress and thereby acted beyond the scope of its rulemaking authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, Nationwide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service”
1 later decision 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.