Pinnacle Armor, Inc. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
648 F.3d 708 · 2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 3721 (National Commission to Support Law) · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 6 U.S.C. § 162
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Mathews v. Eldridge · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he mere fact that a statute contains discretionary language”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong presumption that Congress intends judicial review of administrative action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“rare instances where statutes are drawn in such broad terms that in a given case there is no law to apply, thereby leaving the court with no meaningful standard against which to judge the agency's exercise of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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