Fund for Animals v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 16 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 668D · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc. · Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission · Foundation on Economic Trends v. Heckler · O'Neill v. United States
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the public interest expressed by Congress [has been] frustrated by the [F]ederal [D]efendants not complying with NEPA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the proposed plan of the federal government to reduce the size of a herd of American bison”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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