Mitchell v. Christopher’s Empirical Analysis
996 F.2d 375 · 1993
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States (2010), United Transportation Union v. Surface Transportation Board (1997)
25 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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 22 U.S.C. § 4007 · 22 U.S.C. § 4131 · 22 U.S.C. § 4136 · 22 U.S.C. § 4137 · 29 U.S.C. § 790 · 29 U.S.C. § 794A
Relies on Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · Washington Association for Television and Children v. Federal Communications Commission · Railroad Yardmasters of America v. Harris · Natural Resources Defense Council v. Thomas
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“challenges that concern the very composition or 'constitution' of an agency.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there are precious few cases involving interpretation of statutes authorizing agency action in which our review is not aided by the agency's statutory construction.”
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.