Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Herrington’s Empirical Analysis
768 F.2d 1355 · 1985
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably Coalition on Sensible Transportation, Inc. v. Dole (1987), Ohio v. United States Department of the Interior (1989)
32 federal appellate · 17 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. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 6295 · 42 U.S.C. § 6306 · 5 U.S.C. § 556 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 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 · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, 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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o carry much weight, an agency's interpretation must be publicly articulated at some time prior to the embroilment of the agency in litigation over the disputed provision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“If the intent of Congress is clear, that is the end of the matter; for the court, as well as the agency, must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified,”
2 later decisions 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.