UPG, Inc. v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
647 F.2d 147 · 1981
Citation profile
3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 751
Relies on Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Udall v. Tallman · Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. · Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In view of the circumstances already referred to it would, indeed, be a tyranny of words rather than a recognition of ideas portrayed by words to narrowly construe the definition of [average daily production per well] in the manner [DOE’s] argument on ‘plain meaning’ would have us do.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The law does not reject interpretations merely because there is a need for them; and the enforcement of almost all EPAA regulations as interpreted entails substantial financial consequences to oil companies, consumers, or others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.