Ryan v. Chemlawn Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 129 · 1991
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently June 2022
3 federal appellate · 3 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
Relies on United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc. · Ford Motor Company v. National Labor Relations Board · Lumen Construction, Inc. v. Brant Construction Co. · Christian v. New York State Department of Labor
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Initially, primary jurisdiction promotes consistency and uniformity, particularly where the development of the law is dependent to some degree upon administrative policy. Second, an administrative agency is uniquely qualified to resolve the complexities of certain areas which are outside the conventional experience of the court. Finally, primary jurisdiction serves judicial economy because the dispute may be decided within the agency, thus obviating the need for the courts to intervene.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[Ejnforcement of [a] claim requires the resolution of issues which, under a regulatory scheme, have been placed within the special competence of an administrative body; in such a case the judicial process is suspended pending referral of such issues' to the administrative body fór its views. No fixed formula exists for applying the doctrine of primary jurisdiction. In every case the question is whether the reasons for the existence of the doctrine are present and whether the purposes it serves will be aided by its ¿pplication in the 'particular litigation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the opportunity to [obtain relief] from the only forum that can provide [it], the court”
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.