Friends of the Earth v. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nelson Rockefeller, in His Capacity as Governor of New York’s Empirical Analysis
499 F.2d 1118 · 1974
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2004 · most notably United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey (1977), South Terminal Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency (1974)
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Camp v. Pitts · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there has been a clear error of judgment.... Although this inquiry into the facts is to be searching and careful, the ultimate standard of review is a narrow one. The court is not empowered to substitute its judgment for that of the agency.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although New York's transportation control plan did not contain detailed regulations, the EPA approved it on the state's assurance that more detail would be provided later. The court held: So long as the plan is detailed enough that the Administrator can determine that the proposed strategies will achieve national air quality standards and there is no reason to believe that the delay in promulgating detailed regulations would interfere with the requirement that such standards be achieved”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that there would be sufficient funds to implement it. The State joined the EPA in defending the Plan, which we upheld in all substantive respects. Among other things we directed the Administrator to”
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.