Warm Springs Dam Task Force v. Gribble’s Empirical Analysis
565 F.2d 549 · 1977
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently January 2013 · most notably Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League (1980), California v. Block (1982)
30 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 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 Kleppe v. Sierra Club · Trout Unlimited v. Morton · Lathan v. Brinegar · New York v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. ITT Continental Baking Co.
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(t)he substantive decision whether to proceed with a project is committed to the executive and legislative branches of government with which the judiciary will not interfere in the absence of a showing that the choice was 'arbitrary and capricious,' given the known environmental consequences.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 616 F. Supp. 32 - Enos v. Marsh · Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and State of Washington and Franklin County, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. James Schlesigner, Etc.“(j)udicial enforcement of NEPA includes strict compliance with the disclosure and procedural provisions of the Act.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 616 F. Supp. 32 - Enos v. Marsh · Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and State of Washington and Franklin County, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. James Schlesigner, Etc.“(1) a strong likelihood of success on the merits; (2) the possibility of irreparable injury to the plaintiff if the preliminary relief is not granted; (3) a balance of hardships favoring the plaintiff; and (4) advancement of the public interest.”
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.