National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
809 F.2d 875 · 1987
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably 121 F. Supp. 2d 84 - American Farm Bureau v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2000), City of Brookings Municipal Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission (1987)
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 342 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 346A (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 292 · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'rel[ied] exclusively on concerns for foreign well-being ... without considering the factors specified as [relevant] in the FDCA and factors of foreign impact related to those factors enjoying express Congressional approbation'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reversing its position on the health risks of EDB”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“adequate, wholesome, and economical food supply,”
2 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.