Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Federal Aviation Administration’s Empirical Analysis
161 F.3d 569 · 1998
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 17 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 127 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Kern v. United States Bureau of Land Management (2002), City of Sausalito v. O'Neill (2004)
58 federal appellate · 17 district · 3 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. § 470F · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 49 U.S.C. § 303 · 49 U.S.C. § 46110 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Mitchell · Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council · Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · City of Davis v. Coleman
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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must consider whether the decision was based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there has been a clear error of judgment. This inquiry must be searching and careful, but the ultimate standard of review is a narrow one.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Us West Communications, Inc., and United States of America, Intervenor v. Roger Hamilton, Chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Ron Eachus, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Joan H. Smith, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Oregon Public Utility Commission MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc. Sprint Communications, and At&t Communications of the Pacific Northwest, Inc., Us West Communications, Inc., and United States of America, Intervenor v. Roger Hamilton, Chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Ron Eachus, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Joan H. Smith, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Oregon Public Utility Commission At&t Communications of the Pacific Northwest, Inc. Sprint Communications, and MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Us West Communications, Inc. v. Worldcom Technologies, Inc. · US West Communications, Inc. v. Hamiton“bear a responsibility to structure their participation so that it is meaningful, so that it alerts the agency to the [parties'] position and contentions.”
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.