Native Ecosystems Council v. United States Forest Service’s Empirical Analysis
418 F.3d 953 · 2005
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 33 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Earth Island Institute v. United States Forest Service (2006), Western Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink (2010)
32 federal appellate · 33 district · 1 state decisions
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 Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Califano v. Sanders · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
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.
“engage in a substantial inquiry ... a thorough, probing, in-depth review.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Resource plans and permits, contracts, and other instruments for the use and occupancy of National Forest System lands shall be consistent with the land management plans.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Agency decisions that allegedly violate ... NFMA are reviewed under the [APA], and may be set aside only if they are arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.”
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.