Adams v. Dole’s Empirical Analysis
927 F.2d 771 · 1991
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently December 2019 · most notably Bausch Lomb Incorporated v. United States (1998), Stiltner v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. (1996)
17 federal appellate · 3 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 42 U.S.C. § 2011 (Atomic Energy Act of 1954) · 42 U.S.C. § 2061 · 42 U.S.C. § 5801 (Energy Reorganization Act of 1974) · 42 U.S.C. § 5851 · 42 U.S.C. § 7101 (Department of Energy Organization Act)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Phelps Dodge Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers · Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co. · Automatic Devices Corporation v. Sinko Tool & Manufacturing Company
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“introductory term for an incomplete list of examples.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny employee who believes that he has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“intended to exclude employees of DOE contractors.”
4 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.