Enos v. Marsh’s Empirical Analysis
769 F.2d 1363 · 1985
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2015 · most notably Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council (1989), Oregon Environmental Council v. Kunzman (1987)
31 federal appellate · 10 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 16 U.S.C. § 1531 (§ 2 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1532 (§ 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1533 (§ 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1536 (§ 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 42 U.S.C. § 1962A · 42 U.S.C. § 1962D · 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (§ 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Sierra Club v. Morton · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]hall prepare supplements to either draft or final environmental impact statements if ... [t]here are significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns and bearing on the proposed action or its impacts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the specific areas within the geographic area occupied by the species, at the time it is listed . . . on which are found those physical or biological features (I) essential to the conservation of the species and (II) which may require special management considerations or protection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he state and federal projects serve complementary, but distinct functions; they are not as interrelated as were the parts of the same highway construction [as in Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Coleman, 518 F.2d 323 (9th Cir.1975)].”
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.