Proffitt v. Rohm & Haas’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 33 U.S.C. § 1311 · 33 U.S.C. § 1341 · 33 U.S.C. § 1365
Relies on Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · Hamker v. Diamond Shamrock Chemical 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“citizen enforcement suits pursuant to section 505, 33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1365, were intended to involve only a determination of whether EPA permit limitations were violated,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“preclude[§ EPA's] own enforcement of the limitations except in accordance with the provisions of the stipulation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an action in an appropriate state forum to obtain relief from the effluent limitations and conditions asterisked.”
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.