Brooks v. Volpe’s Empirical Analysis
460 F.2d 1193 · 1972
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently May 1990 · most notably Lathan v. Brinegar (1974), Sierra Club v. United States Department of Transportation (1985)
31 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 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
Applies 23 U.S.C. § 138 · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation, the District of Columbia, Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of Interior · Lathan v. Volpe · 319 F. Supp. 90 - Brooks v. Volpe
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded to the district court with directions to retain jurisdiction for such review as may be appropriate after the environmental-impact statement is filed. The district court shall make the necessary orders, and shall enjoin further construction if there has not been full compliance with the controlling legislation within sixty days of the entry of our judgment herein [extended until June 15, 1972, by an order of the court of appeals filed May 8, 1972], If such an injunction is entered pursuant to this direction, it shall be vacated if and when there is such full compliance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brooks v. Volpe
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.