Wetlands Action Network v. United States Army Corps of Engineers’s Empirical Analysis
222 F.3d 1105 · 2000
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Trout Unlimited v. Morton · Greenpeace Action v. Franklin · Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Blackwood
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) Whether or not the regulated activity comprises “merely a link” in a corridor type project (e.g., a transportation or utility transmission project). (ii) Whether there are aspects of the upland facility in the immediate vicinity of the regulated activity which affect the location and configuration of the regulated activity. (iii) The extent to which the entire project will be within Corps jurisdiction. (iv) The extent of cumulative Federal control and responsibility.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“divid[e] a project into multiple `actions,' each of which individually has an insignificant environmental impact, but which collectively have a substantial impact.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“requires a federal agency to prepare an EIS for all `major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.'”
4 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.