Arent v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
70 F.3d 610 · 1995
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 35 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2000), Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Federal Communications Commission (1999)
48 federal appellate · 35 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 21 U.S.C. § 321 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 343 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]s long as the agency stays within [Congress'] delegation, it is free to make policy choices in interpreting the statute, and such interpretations are entitled to deference.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“exantin[ed] the relevant data and articulate[d] a satisfactory explanation for its action including a `rational connection between the facts found and the choice made,'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Chaney is of no assistance to the [agency] in this case because the [agency's] promulgation of a standard for 'substantial compliance' under the [Act] does not represent an enforcement action.”
3 later decisions 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.