Wilderness Society v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service’s Empirical Analysis
353 F.3d 1051 · 2003
Citation profile
88 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer (2004), Lands Council v. Powell (2005)
88 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · United States v. Mead Corp. · Lemon v. Kurtzman · Christensen v. Harris County
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he weight that we are to give an administrative interpretation not intended by an agency to carry the general force of law is a function of that interpretation’s thoroughness, rational validity, and consistency with prior and subsequent pronouncements.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`[i]f the intent of Congress is clear, that is the end of the matter; for the court, as well as the agency, must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress.'”
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.