Rhodes v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
153 F.3d 785 · 1998
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently December 2019 · most notably Citizens' Committee to Save Our Canyons v. United States Forest Service (2002), Highway Citizens Group v. Mineta E (2003)
16 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 4231 · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4342 (§ 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Sierra Club v. Morton · Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · Southwest Center for Biological Diversity Non Profit Corporation v. US Forest Service
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]laintiffs do have standing because they allege that they use Burke Branch, that the defendant's decision will diminish this use and enjoyment, and that the defendant's failure to permit them to participate in the public review of the decision is causally connected to their harm. This is enough to show Article III standing.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““... [w]hen the agency is a department, major subunits are encouraged (with the consent of the department) to adopt their own procedures. Such procedures shall not paraphrase these regulations. They shall confine themselves to implementing procedures. Each agency shall consult with the [CEQ] while developing its procedures and before publishing them in the Federal Register for comment. ... The procedures shall be adopted only after an opportunity for public review and after review by the [CEQ] for conformity with the Act and these regulations ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“be mindful of our obligation to satisfy ourselves of our jurisdiction and when, in cases like this, standing is an obvious issue, ... they [should] cite to the relevant parts of the record to avoid wasting judicial time and resources.”
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.