George Biderman v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Interior’s Empirical Analysis
497 F.2d 1141 · 1974
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently March 2011 · most notably Cape May Greene, Inc. v. Warren (1983), Foundation on Economic Trends v. Heckler (1985)
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 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
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · Ohio v. Kentucky · Keeble v. United States · Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken · 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress carefully avoided interfering with the power of the municipalities on the Seashore to enact zoning ordinances or grant zoning variances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“No one forced the State to seek federal funding, to accept federal participation, or to commence construction of a federal aid highway. The State, by entering into this venture, voluntarily submitted itself to federal law. It entered [the agreement] with its eyes open, ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is well settled that non-federal parties may be enjoined, pending completion of an EIS, where those non-federal entities have entered into a partnership or joint venture with the Federal Government, and are thus recipients of federal funding”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Macht v. Skinner
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.