Cady v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
527 F.2d 786 · 1975
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 22 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2016 · most notably Kleppe v. Sierra Club (1976), Mason County Medical Ass'n v. Knebel (1977)
67 federal appellate · 22 district · 5 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 Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Sierra Club v. Morton · United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations Inc v. B Camp Barlow · Costello v. United States
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . the environmental consequences of several strip mining projects extending over twenty years or more within a tract of 30,876.45 acres will be significantly different from those which will accompany Westmoreland's activities on a single tract of 770 acres.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, . . . [to] assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically, and culturally pleasing surroundings [and] attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“requires proof of (1) lack of diligence by the party against whom the defense is asserted, and (2) prejudice to the party asserting the defense.”
2 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.