Competitive Enterprise Institute v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 107 · 1990
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 32 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 119 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Idaho Conservation League v. Mumma (1992), National Wrestling Coaches Ass'n v. Department of Education (2004)
51 federal appellate · 32 district · 3 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 15 U.S.C. § 2004 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 702 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Allen v. Wright · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp
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 119 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“looked for but [had] been unable to find new cars of large size, such as station wagons, in a price range they could afford.” Id. at 112— 13. Nor did the petitioners suffer from the causation and redressability problems that we discuss in the text above.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“NEPA's purpose of ensuring well-informed government decisions and stimulating public comment on agency actions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“substantial likelihood of the alleged causality”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.