Don Laub’s Empirical Analysis

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11 district · 2 state decisions

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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “discovery should ordinarily be granted where pertinent facts bearing on the question of jurisdiction are controverted or where a more satisfactory showing of the facts is necessary”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Doe v. Trump · 359 F. Supp. 3d 917 - Brophy v. Almanzar

2. “The determination of whether federal and [non-federal] projects are sufficiently intertwined to constitute a “federal action” for NEPA purposes “will generally require a careful analysis of all facts and circumstances surrounding the relationship.” Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Coleman, 518 F.2d 323, 329 (9th Cir. 1975). “There are no clear standards for defining the point at which federal participation transforms a state or local project into major federal action. The matter is simply one of degree.” Almond Hill School v. United States Dep’t of Agric., 768 F.2d 1030 , 1039 (9th Cir. 1985)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 848 F. Supp. 2d 1152 - Friends of Roeding Park v. City of Fresno

3. “public documents offered by [the] [p]laintiffs suggest[ed] that there [wa]s at least an arguable claim that the federal government play[ed] a significant enough role in the [water management] program”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Doe v. Trump