Hallstrom v. Tillamook County’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.2d 598 · 1987
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024
9 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 6901 (Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992) · 42 U.S.C. § 6972
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Raphan v. United States · Bullock v. United States · Zerman v. Melton · General Public Utilities Corporation v. Susquehanna Valley Alliance
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress believed that citizen enforcement through the courts should be secondary to administrative enforcement by the EPA.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Strict application of the [sixty day] notice requirement is supported by an exception within § 6972 which waives the 60 day notice requirement if the alleged violation involves hazardous waste. 42 U.S.C. § 6972 . This provision makes clear that Congress considered the 60-day notice requirement and intended that it apply in all cases, except those involving hazardous waste.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“serves better the underlying policy aims of encouraging non-judicial resolution of environmental conflicts.”
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.