Serrato v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.3d 560 · 2007
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
May 2019
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Heckler v. Chaney · Weaver v. Graham · Morton v. Ruiz · Lynce v. Mathis
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n agency's allocation of funds from a lump-sum appropriation requires a complicated balancing of a number of factors which are peculiarly within its expertise: whether its resources are best spent on one program or another; whether it is likely to succeed in fulfilling its statutory mandate; whether a particular program best fits the agency's overall policies; and, indeed, whether the agency has enough resources to fund a program at all.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it sees as the most effective or desirable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]s long as the agency allocates funds from a lump-sum appropriation to meet permissible statutory objectives, [ Section] 701(a)(2) gives the courts no leave to intrude. [T]o [that] extent, the decision to allocate funds is committed to agency discretion by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. California v. Trump
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