M.M. & P. Maritime Advancement, Training, Education & Safety Program (MATES) v. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s Empirical Analysis
729 F.2d 748 · 1984
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably 44 F. Supp. 2d 1310 - Ferro Union, Inc. v. United States (1999), British Steel PLC v. United States (1997)
5 federal appellate ·
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 19 U.S.C. § 1202 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on 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 · Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Trans-Atlantic Co. v. United States · United States v. Sumitomo Shoji, New York, Inc.
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An agency is obligated to follow precedent, and if it chooses to change, it must explain why.”
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.