Walker F. Rucker v. Edward E. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 158 · 1973
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 15 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Greenpeace Action v. Franklin, County of Suffolk v. Secretary of Interior (1977)
37 federal appellate · 15 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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 403 · 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 Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham · Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission · Mitchell v. Woodworth · Presidents Council, District 25 v. Community School Board No. 25
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a substantial dispute exists as to the size, nature or effect of the major federal action rather than to the existence of opposition to a use.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the suggestion that 'controversial' must necessarily be equated with opposition.”
1 later decision 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.