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United States v. Dee’s Empirical Analysis

912 F.2d 741 · 1990

Citation profile

37
cited by 37 later decisions
5
states following
March 2026
most recently cited

29 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 42 U.S.C. § 6901 (Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992) · 42 U.S.C. § 6903 · 42 U.S.C. § 6928 · 42 U.S.C. § 6961

Relies on Butz v. Economou · O'Shea v. Littleton · Rose v. Clark · United States v. Dotterweich · United States v. Freed

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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “where ... obnoxious waste materials are involved, the probability of regulation is so great that anyone who is aware that he is in possession of them or dealing with them must be presumed to be aware of the regulation.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Any person who knowingly treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter--”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the concentration of the wastes after disposal has no bearing on whether the disposal was illegal.”
    1 later decision 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.