Davis v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
469 F.2d 593 · 1972
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Kleppe v. Sierra Club (1976), Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy Commission (1973)
47 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 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 25 U.S.C. § 415 (Cherokee Leasing Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4331 (§ 101 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Utah Power Light Company v. United States No 202 United States · Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission · Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation · Mitchell v. Woodworth · Greene County Planning Board v. Federal Power Commission
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Reading the Act and its legislative history together, there is little doubt that Congress intended all agencies under their authority to follow the substantive and procedural mandates of NEPA.” 469 F.2d at 596 . (Emphasis added.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“major Federal Actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]rior to approval of any lease or extension of an existing lease pursuant to this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall first satisfy himself that adequate consideration has been given to the relationship between the use of the leased lands and the use of neighboring lands; the height, quality, and safety of any structures or other facilities to be constructed on such lands; the availability of police and fire protection and other services; the availability of judicial forums for all criminal and civil causes arising on the leased lands; and the effect on the environment of the uses to which the leased lands will be subject.”
2 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.