Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Powell Duffryn Terminals Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 64 · 1990
Citation profile
119 federal appellate · 50 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 316 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Aman v. Cort Furniture Rental Corp. (1996), Olson v. General Electric Astrospace (1996)
119 federal appellate · 50 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 28 U.S.C. § 2462 · 31 U.S.C. § 3302 · 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 33 U.S.C. § 1311 · 33 U.S.C. § 1318 · 33 U.S.C. § 1319 · 33 U.S.C. § 1342 · 33 U.S.C. § 1365
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Warth v. Seldin · Baker v. Carr · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 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 316 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“claimed injury to their aesthetic and recreational interests because the Kill Van Kull [was] polluted.”
37 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, an action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, shall not be entertained unless commenced within five years from the date when the claim first accrued if, within the same period, the offender or the property is found within the United States in order that proper service may be made thereon.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[p]recise economic benefit to a polluter may be difficult to prove”
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.