Rancho Lobo, Ltd. v. Devargas’s Empirical Analysis
303 F.3d 1195 · 2002
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock · City of Santa Fe v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. · Apodaca v. Wilson · Board of Com'rs of Rio Arriba County v. Greacen · Webco Industries, Inc. v. Thermatool Corp.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the main focus of the Timber Harvest Ordinance is on local issues, such as the amelioration of damage to the surrounding property as the result of timber harvesting, including issues such as the effect of the timber harvest on economic development and local employment, water quality and availability, soil protection, archeological, historic and cultural resources, abatement of noise, dust, smoke and traffic, hours of operation, compatibility with adjacent land uses, cumulative effect when combined with existing harvests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ascertaining state law which is not to be disregarded by a federal court unless it is convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.”
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.