Shields v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
698 F.2d 987 · 1983
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently December 2009 · most notably The Alaska Fish And Wildlife Federation And Outdoor Council, Inc., v. Frank L. Dunkle (1987), Williams v. Babbitt (1997)
20 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 43 U.S.C. § 1617 (Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act) · 43 U.S.C. § 270 · 43 U.S.C. § 2702
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Philbrook v. Glodgett · 103 S. Ct. 247 - Beneficial Finance of Kansas, Inc. v. United States · United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · Andrus v. Glover Construction 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one provision should not be interpreted in a way which is internally contradictory or that renders other provisions of the same statute inconsistent or meaningless.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“founded on occupancy of the land prior to the establishment of the particular forest.”
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.