Council v. Lowe’s Empirical Analysis
109 F.3d 521 · 1997
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 26 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Blackwood (1998), Idaho Sporting Congress v. Thomas (1998)
49 federal appellate · 26 district ·
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 Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council · Warren III v. City of Carlsbad · Jesinger v. Nevada Federal Credit Union · Trout Unlimited v. Morton · Greenpeace Action v. Franklin
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonably thorough discussion of the significant aspects of probable environmental consequences.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`hard look' at the environmental consequences”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an EIS has neglected to mention a serious environmental consequence, failed adequately to discuss some reasonable alternative, or otherwise swept stubborn problems or serious criticism ... under the rug.”
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.