Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al.’s Empirical Analysis
191 F.3d 845 · 1999
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 33 U.S.C. § 1344 · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 7 U.S.C. § 2131 (Animal Welfare Act)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Lopez · United States v. Kubrick · Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · Wickard v. Filburn
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““All other waters such as intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds, the use, degradation or destruction of which could affect interstate or foreign commerce.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“on interstate commerce, the court held, was substantial because each year millions of Americans cross state lines and spend over a billion dollars to hunt and observe migratory birds. 2 Ibid. The Court of Appeals then turned to the regulatory question. The court held that the CWA reaches as many waters as the Commerce Clause allows and, given its earlier Commerce Clause ruling, it therefore followed that respondents'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a. Which are or would be used as habitat by birds protected by Migratory Bird Treaties; or 8 "b. Which are or would be used as habitat by other migratory birds which cross state lines; or 9 "c. Which are or would be used as habitat for endangered species; or 10 "d. Used to irrigate crops sold in interstate commerce.”
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.