Trout Unlimited v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
509 F.2d 1276 · 1974
Citation profile
143 federal appellate · 41 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 290 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably California v. Block (1982), City of Davis v. Coleman (1975)
143 federal appellate · 41 district · 19 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 Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton · Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy Commission · Mitchell v. Woodworth
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 290 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonably thorough discussion of the significant aspects of the probable environmental consequences.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A)n EIS is in compliance with NEPA when its form ... substantially ... make(s) available to the public ... information ... and encourage(s) public participation....”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he dependency is such that it would be irrational, or at least unwise, to undertake the first phase if subsequent phases were not also undertaken.”
10 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.