Brooks v. Coleman’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.2d 17 · 1975
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton · Lathan v. Brinegar · Life Of The Land v. Brinegar · Brooks v. Volpe
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to consider in detail each and every conceivable variation of the alternatives stated;”
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.