Brandon v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 555 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2011
9 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 5301 (Housing and Community Development Act of 1974) · 42 U.S.C. § 5304 · 42 U.S.C. § 5318 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Wyoming Outdoor Coordinating Council v. Butz · Essex County Preservation Association on Behalf of Itself and Its Members v. Bruce Campbell, as Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Works · Monarch Chemical Works, Inc. v. Thone · 496 F. Supp. 716 - NATIONAL CTR. FOR PRESERVATION LAW v. Landrieu · National Center for Preservation Law v. Landrieu
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress reaffirmed and broadened HUD's delegation authority,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We must stress that when project consultants are also used in the preparation of the EIS considerable caution should be exercised by the federal agency. The agency clearly may not substitute a private firm’s efforts and analysis for its own, and it must bear responsibility for the ultimate work product designed to satisfy 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (2)(C).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a minimum the recipient must send the FONSI to the local new media, to individuals and groups known to be interested in its activities; to appropriate local, State, and Federal agencies; to the Headquarters and appropriate Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, and to the HUD Area Office (or the State, where applicable).”
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.