Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
745 F.2d 632 · 1984
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Fmc Corporation v. United States (1993), Koyo Seiko Co Ltd Usa v. United States Koyo Seiko Co Ltd Usa (1994)
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. § 160 · 19 U.S.C. § 1671 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1673A (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1673B (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1673D (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1673E (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1675 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1677C (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · Lynch v. Overholser · Melamine Chemicals, Inc. 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'deference [to an agency interpretation] is constrained by our obligation to honor the clear meaning of a statute, as revealed by its language, purpose, and history'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) General Rule The administering authority shall verify all information relied upon in making— (3) a review and determination under section 1675(a) of this title, if— (A) verification is timely requested by an interested party ..., and (B) no verification was made under this paragraph during the 2 immediately preceding reviews and determinations under that section of the same order, finding, or notice, except that this clause shall not apply if good cause for verification is shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“erred in holding that [§ 1677e(a)] requires ... verification in section 751 periodic reviews____ [The Appellant] maintained] that a “final determination in an investigation” occurs only in ... “the investigative phase” of an administrative antidumping or countervailing duty ‘proceeding,’ not in ‘the assessment phase’ of a proceeding in which section 751 period reviews occur.””
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.