Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 1128 · 1990
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 18 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 135 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc (2000), Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Powell Duffryn Terminals Inc. (1990)
63 federal appellate · 18 district · 6 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 33 U.S.C. § 1319 · 33 U.S.C. § 1342 · 33 U.S.C. § 1365
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · Tull v. United States · United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc.
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) seriousness of the violation or violations, (2) the economic benefit (if any) resulting from the violation, (3) any history of such violations, (4) any good faith efforts to comply with the applicable requirements, (5) the economic impact of the penalty on the violator, and (6) such other matters as justice may require.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the mooting of injunctive relief will not moot the request for civil penalties as long as such penalties were rightfully sought at the time the suit was filed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not to exceed $25,000 per day for each violation.”
6 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.