Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.2d 824 · 1976
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2006 · most notably United States Steel Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (1979), City of Rochester v. United States Postal Service (1976)
23 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2342 · 42 U.S.C. § 2201 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009) · 42 U.S.C. § 2239 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009) · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4331 (§ 101 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 5841 · 42 U.S.C. § 5847
Relies on Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Eisenstadt v. Baker · Toilet Goods Association v. Wga Rdner
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.
“the appropriate inquiry is whether the process of administrative decision-making has reached a stage where judicial review will not be disruptive of the agency process and whether legal consequences will flow from the action taken.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n any proceeding under this chapter, for the granting, suspending, revoking or amending of any license or construction permit, or application to transfer control, and in any proceeding for the issuance or modification of rules and regulations dealing with the activities of licensees”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“for commercial licenses to construct or operate plutonium-related separation or reprocessing facilities, nor may it license commercial scale transportation or use of plutonium and uranium mixed oxide fuel”
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.