Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
871 F.2d 702 · 1989
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently November 2008
6 federal appellate ·
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 49 U.S.C. § 10102 · 49 U.S.C. § 10901 · 49 U.S.C. § 10907 · 49 U.S.C. § 10910 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Poland v. Arizona · Orchards v. United States · Kirby v. Illinois
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we must defer to the [Commission's] interpretation of the statutes or regulations it administers 'unless there are compelling indications that the Commission's interpretation is incorrect.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is based on a permissible construction of the statute.”
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.