Thompson v. United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
885 F.2d 551 · 1989
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 23 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Murphy v. Comm'r (2005), Franklin Savings Ass'n v. Director, Office of Thrift Supervision (1991)
22 federal appellate · 23 district · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 5851 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Pierce v. Underwood · United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co. · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he 'whole' administrative record ... consists of all documents and materials directly or indirectly considered by agency decision-makers, including evidence contrary to the agency's position.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“court can consider [them] in determining whether the Secretary's decision was 'arbitrary and capricious'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Saget v. Trump“arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re United States
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.