Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Empirical Analysis
720 F.2d 78 · 1983
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably East Columbia Basin Irrigation District v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1991), Friends of the River v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1983)
20 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
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 797 (§ 4 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 799 (§ 6 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 803 (§ 10 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 807 (§ 14 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 814 (§ 21 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 816 (§ 23 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 821 (§ 27 of the Federal Power Act of 1920) · 16 U.S.C. § 822 (§ 28 of the Federal Power Act of 1920)
Relies on Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · Andrew G. Nelson, Inc. v. United States · Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · Louisville Bridge Company v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Licenses ... shall be issued for a period not exceeding fifty years. Each such license shall be conditioned upon acceptance by the licensee of all of the terms and conditions of this chapter and such further conditions, if any, as the Commission shall prescribe in conformity with this chapter, which ... shall be expressed in said license. Licenses ... may be altered ... only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“FERC has discretion under section 6 to restrict license terms to any period not exceeding fifty years, and is also authorized by that section to impose additional license conditions at its discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n order that this project shall not interfere with any project ... which may hereafter be developed ... the Commission expressly reserved the right at any time”
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.