Kuitsarak Corp. v. Swope’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2013
9 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)
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · Greene County Planning Board v. Federal Power Commission · Sierra Club v. Lynn · Essex County Preservation Association on Behalf of Itself and Its Members v. Bruce Campbell, as Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Works · Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Inc. v. State
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In reviewing agency decisions involving complex subject matters or fundamental policy determinations, our role is to ensure that the agency has taken a hard look at the salient problems and has genuinely engaged in reasoned decision making. We review the agency decision only to the extent necessary to ascertain whether the decision has a reasonable basis, and to ensure that it was not arbitrary, capricious, or prompted by corruption. Where an agency fails to consider an important factor in making its decision, the decision will be regarded as arbitrary. We review DNR’s decision to issue [the requested permits] under the reasonable basis standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]nce the initial impact of mining on the region has been assessed, any unforeseen occurrences or conditions that are revealed during exploration can be dealt with by DNR through use of stipulations and conditions imposed on mining.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tna v. Cbj
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.