Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
829 F.2d 150 · 1987
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently September 2016
12 federal appellate · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 294 · 49 U.S.C. § 10102 · 49 U.S.C. § 10901
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Udall v. Tallman · Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors · Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wichita Board of Trade
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acquisition of control of a carrier by a person that is not a carrier but that controls any number of carriers”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“section 11343 is applicable only to acquisition[s] where both the buyer and the seller are carriers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“acquisition by a carrier of an active rail line owned by a carrier is covered by 49 U.S.C. 11343.”
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.