Thompson v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
741 F.2d 401 · 1984
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. (1996), City of Waukesha v. Environmental Protection Agency (2003)
29 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 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 15 U.S.C. § 1394 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 181 (Coal Market Competition Act of 2000) · 30 U.S.C. § 226 · 30 U.S.C. § 351 · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 558 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 603 · 5 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The failure to respond to comments is significant only insofar as it demonstrates that the agency's decision was not based on a consideration of the relevant factors.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), any determination by an agency concerning the applicability of any of the provisions of this chapter to any action of the agency shall not be subject to judicial review. (b) Any regulatory flexibility analysis prepared under sections 603 and 604 of this title and the compliance or non-compliance of the agency with the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to judicial review. When an action for judicial review of a rule is instituted, any regulatory flexibility analysis for such rule shall constitute part of the whole record of agency action in connection with the review.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a concise general statement of [its] basis and purpose.”
4 later decisions 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.