Allison v. Department of Transportation’s Empirical Analysis
908 F.2d 1024 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Citizens Against Burlington, Inc. v. Busey (1991), City of Olmsted Falls v. Federal Aviation Administration (2002)
20 federal appellate · 5 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) · 49 U.S.C. § 303 · 49 U.S.C. § 47120 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Kleppe v. Sierra Club · John A. Volpe v. D. C. Federation of Civic Associations · D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation, the District of Columbia, Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of Interior · Coalition on Sensible Transportation, Inc. v. Dole · Sierra Club v. United States Department of Transportation
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No 'use' will be deemed to have occurred where an action will have only an insignificant effect on the existing use of protected lands.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The FAA need not examine an infinite number of alternatives in infinite detail.”). 3 . In support of its opposition to SCCF’s motion for stay, the FAA submitted the results of a new noise contour based on the actual operation of the Plan for the preceding six months. We cannot consider this study in analyzing whether or not the FAA acted reasonably in failing to prepare an EIS with regard to the Plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“while it is reasonable for the agency to rely on guidelines in determining whether a 'use' of section 4(f) lands has occurred, [the standard used] must bear some relevance to the value, significance, and enjoyment of the lands at issue.”
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.