West Virginia Public Services Commission v. United States Department of Energy’s Empirical Analysis
681 F.2d 847 · 1982
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Wisconsin Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1985), Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1986)
22 federal appellate · 1 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 Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors · Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. · Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[N]o person shall export ... or import any natural gas ... without first having secured an order of the Commission authorizing it to do so.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has long regarded Section 3's 'public interest' standard and Section 7's 'public convenience and necessity' standard as substantially equivalent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'to assure that the agency has given reasoned consideration to all the material facts and issues.'”
2 later decisions 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.