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← 75 F.4th 248 - Housatonic River Initiative v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Housatonic River Initiative v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Empirical Analysis

2023

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2601 (§ 2 of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976) · 15 U.S.C. § 2605 (§ 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976) · 42 U.S.C. § 6901 (Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992) · 42 U.S.C. § 6924 · 42 U.S.C. § 6925 · 42 U.S.C. § 6976 · 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9604 (§ 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)

Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · Sierra Club v. Morton

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of individual members in the lawsuit.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “that the disposal facility [would] negatively impact their use and enjoyment of the area”
    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.