Petry v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
737 F.2d 1193 · 1984
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Alcaraz v. Block (1984), Methodist Hospital v. Shalala (1994)
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
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 42 U.S.C. § 1753 · 42 U.S.C. § 1766 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Peter J. Migliorini v. New York · Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · Portland Cement Ass'n v. Ruckelshaus · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the agency has relied on factors which Congress has not intended it to consider, entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem, offered an explanation for its decision that runs counter to evidence before the agency, or is so implausible that it could not be ascribed to difference in view or the product of agency expertise.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for good cause finds ... that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under Rodway ..., the fact that an agency chose to operate under the APA is irrelevant to an analysis of that agency's compliance with its provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gott v. Walters
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.