Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air v. District of Columbia’s Empirical Analysis
639 F.2d 802 · 1981
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2014 · most notably Alabama Power Co. v. Gorsuch (1982), Village of Kaktovik v. Watt (1982)
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 National Ass'n of Food Chains, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air v. District of Columbia · Citizens Association of Georgetown the Committee of 100 on the Federal City v. Walter E. Washington, Commissioner of the District of Columbia · 373 F. Supp. 1089 - Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air v. District of Columbia
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in any judicial proceeding under this section, the court may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney's and expert witness's fees) whenever it determines that such an award is appropriate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he District Court incorrectly focused its attention on the outcome and practical effects of the litigation to the exclusion of a more relevant consideration: whether the suit was of the type that Congress intended to encourage when it enacted the citizen-suit provision.... To this end, courts were empowered to award fees whenever the award was deemed to be “in the public interest.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a well founded expectation that the suit would bring about a more timely compliance with the (implementation) plan, and in that fashion an observance of the (Clean Air) Act.”
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.