Fish Company Inc v. W Fox’s Empirical Analysis
931 F.2d 1556 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 37 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Associated Fisheries of Maine, Inc. v. Daley (1997), North Carolina Fisheries Ass'n, Inc. v. Gutierrez (2007)
13 federal appellate · 37 district · 2 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 16 U.S.C. § 1801 (American Fisheries Promotion Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 1802 · 16 U.S.C. § 1851 (Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 1852 · 16 U.S.C. § 1854 (International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 1855 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · United States v. Nixon · Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusettscorporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Televisioncorporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcastersinc., Intervenors
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) will provide the greatest overall benefit to the Nation, particularly with respect to food production and recreational opportunities, and taking into account the protection of marine ecosystems; (B) is prescribed on the basis of the maximum sustainable yield from the fishery, as reduced, by any relevant social, economic, or ecological factor; and (C) in the case of an overfished fishery, provides for rebuilding to a level consistent with producing the maximum sustainable yield in such fishery.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Act established eight regional Fishery Management Councils, each of which has 'authority over a specific geographic region and is composed of members who represent the interests of the states included in that region.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fishery management plans which will achieve and maintain, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery.”
2 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.