640 F. Supp. 448 - United States v. Dickerson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently February 2009 · most notably 51 Cal. 3d 807 - AIU Insurance v. Superior Court (1990), Dedham Water Company v. Cumberland Farms Dairy Inc (1986)
4 federal appellate · 7 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 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9612 (§ 112 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc. · New York v. Shore Realty Corp. · 619 F. Supp. 162 - United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. · 579 F. Supp. 823 - United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co. · State of NY v. General Elec. 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The courts have consistently rejected attempts by CERCLA defendants to compel the government to round up every other available defendant, noting that defendants can protect themselves through the impleader provision of Rule 14.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““There is nothing in the plain language of the statute imposing a mandatory duty on the government to consult with private parties before undertaking response actions. In fact, the plain language of the statute contemplates emergency situations where the kind of notice and consultation advocated by defendants will be impossible. The courts should hesitate before reading procedural roadblocks into the statute when the health of the environment may be at stake. Statutes which are enacted for the protection and preservation of public health are to be given an extremely liberal construction for the accomplishment and maximization of their beneficent objectives.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless the President determines that such removal and remedial action will be done properly by the owner or operator of the vessel or facility from which the release or threat of release emanates, or by any other responsible party.”
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.