Care Now Inc v. Federal Aviation Administration’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.2d 1569 · 1988
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Custer County Action Ass'n v. Garvey (2001), Roanoke River Basin Ass'n v. Hudson (1991)
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Francis v. United States · Cupp v. Naughten · Hanly v. Kleindienst · Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Short
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roanoke River Basin Association, and State of North Carolina Counties of Bertie, Granville, Halifax, Martin, Northampton, Vance, Warren & Washington, Nc Counties of Charlotte, Halifax & Mecklenburg, Virginia v. Ronald E. Hudson, in His Official Capacity as Norfolk District Engineer Wayne A. Hanson, in His Official Capacity as Wilmington District Engineer Joseph K. Bratton, Lt. Gen., in His Official Capacity as the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers William R. Gianelli, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of the U.S. Dept. Of the Army John O. Marsh, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Dept. Of the Army the City of Virginia Beach, National Wildlife Federation North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Amici Curiae. State of North Carolina, and Counties of Bertie, Granville, Halifax, Martin, Northampton, Vance, Warren & Washington, Nc Roanoke River Basin Association Counties of Charlotte, Halifax & Mecklenburg, Virginia v. Ronald E. Hudson, in His Official Capacity as Norfolk District Engineer Wayne A. Hanson in His Official Capacity as Wilmington District Engineer Joseph K. Bratton, Lt. Gen., in His Official Capacity as the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers William R. Gianelli, in His Official Capacity as Asst. Secretary of the U.S. Dept. Of the Army John O. Marsh, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Dept. Of the Army the City of Virginia Beach, National Wildlife Federation North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Amici Curiae · Roanoke River Basin Ass'n v. Hudson“the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“object of NEPA is to require federal agencies to consider environmental values when making decisions [and] [t]he initial responsibility of the federal agency is to determine the extent of the environmental impact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hill v. Boy
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.