Forelaws on Board v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
743 F.2d 677 · 1984
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2016 · most notably Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell (1987), Sierra Club v. Marsh (1987)
40 federal appellate · 9 district ·
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 16 U.S.C. § 839 (Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 839B · 16 U.S.C. § 839C · 16 U.S.C. § 839F · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Sierra Club v. Morton · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“preserv[ing] the decision makers' opportunity to choose among policy alternatives.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“commence necessary negotiations for, and offer, initial long-term contracts”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, it places upon an agency the obligation to consider every significant aspect of the environmental impact of a proposed action. Second, it ensures that the agency will inform the public that it has indeed considered environmental concerns in its decision-making process.”
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.