New England Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Port Authority’s Empirical Analysis
883 F.2d 157 · 1989
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 14 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2012 · most notably Northwest Airlines Inc et al County of Kent Michigan et al (1994), Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority (1993)
43 federal appellate · 14 district · 8 state decisions
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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · City of New Orleans v. Dukes · United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“did not intend to leave a vacuum to be filled by the Balkanizing forces of state and local regulation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Nothing in this section shall prohibit a State . . . from the levy or collection of taxes other than those enumerated in subsection (a) of this section, including property taxes, net income taxes, franchise taxes, and sales or use taxes on the sale of goods or services; and nothing in this section shall prohibit a State . . . owning or operating an airport from levying or collecting reasonable rental charges, landing fees, and other service charges from aircraft operators for the use of airport facilities.” (Italics added.) While the section specifically restricts the use of landing fees, it does not limit the use of property taxes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The standard of review for questions of law decided by a district court is de novo scrutiny, as the conclusions of law of a trial court are not binding on the reviewing court.”
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.