Hale v. Norton’s Empirical Analysis
461 F.3d 1092 · 2006
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 1 (National Park Police Drug Enforcement Supplemental Authority Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 3170 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 704
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · Bennett v. Spear · Behrens v. Pelletier
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act or other law ... the State or private owner or occupier shall be given by the Secretary such rights as may be necessary to assure adequate and feasible access for economic and other purposes to the concerned land .... Such rights shall be subject to reasonable regulations issued by the Secretary to protect the natural and other values of such lands.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hale v. Norton · Hale v. Norton“prongs of the collateral order doctrine. First, the regulations incorporating NEPA into the permitting process are clearly conclusive and not tentative. Second, the determination of whether the Department of the Interior can incorporate NEPA into the permitting process is a pure and independent question of law, separate from whether the access ultimately afforded is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hale v. Norton“to the fullest extent possible . . . the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this [Act].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hale v. Norton
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.