Vance v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 1531 (§ 2 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1536 (§ 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1600 (Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974) · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Kleppe v. Sierra Club · Thomas v. Peterson · Foundation for North American Wild Sheep v. United States Department of Agriculture · Lathan v. Volpe
Most-quoted passages
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“the two events are [not] 'cumulative actions,' which, when viewed together, have cumulatively significant impacts.”
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.