National Pork Producers Council v. Bergland’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 1353 · 1980
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently July 2008
7 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
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 601 (Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978) · 21 U.S.C. § 602 · 21 U.S.C. § 607 · 21 U.S.C. § 621 · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Houltin v. United States · Harris v. McRae · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Independent Meat Packers Association v. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, Independent Meat Packers Association v. American National Cattlemen's Association, Etc. · Hiatt Grain & Feed, Inc. v. Bergland
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“definitions and standards of identity or composition”
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.