Tejas Power Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Empirical Analysis
908 F.2d 998 · 1990
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably United Distribution Companies v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1996), California ex rel. Lockyer v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2004)
44 federal appellate · 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. § 717F
Relies on Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation · Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co. · Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc. · Mobil Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“likely to be congruent with those of ultimate consumers that [the Commission] may rely upon [its] agreement as dispositive of the consumers' interests, notwithstanding the claim of some large and sophisticated consumers to the contrary.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n a competitive market, where neither buyer nor seller has significant market power, it is rational to assume that the terms of their voluntary exchange are reasonable”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“triggers the Commission's obligation, under § 7 of the NGA and § 385.602(h)(1)(i) of its rules, to examine the potential impact of the [settlement] upon [the indirect customers'] interests and to support its conclusions with substantial evidence.”
3 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.