Public Service Commission v. Economic Regulatory Administration, United States Department of Energy’s Empirical Analysis
777 F.2d 31 · 1985
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717B · 15 U.S.C. § 717C · 15 U.S.C. § 717F · 15 U.S.C. § 717R · 42 U.S.C. § 7171
Relies on Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Bullock v. United States · Thompson v. United States · First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · Atlantic Coast Line Co v. State of Florida State of Florida
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shall issue ... [an import authorization] order upon application, unless ... it finds that the proposed exportation or importation will not be consistent with the public interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Commission has long regarded Section 3's 'public interest' standard and Section 7's 'public convenience and necessity' standard as substantially equivalent,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“money was obtained in such circumstances that the possessor will give offense to equity and good conscience if permitted to retain it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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