Wilderness Society v. Tyrrel’s Empirical Analysis
918 F.2d 813 · 1990
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably The Lands Council v. McNair (2008), Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. Bureau of Land Management (2008)
17 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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. § 1271 (Arkansas Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1992) · 16 U.S.C. § 1273 · 16 U.S.C. § 1274 · 16 U.S.C. § 1278 · 16 U.S.C. § 1280 · 16 U.S.C. § 1281 · 16 U.S.C. § 1283 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Miller v. Youakim · County of Del Norte v. United States · Wilderness Society v. Tyrrel
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“which include, border upon, or are adjacent to”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“wild, scenic or recreational river area eligible to be included in the system is a free-flowing stream and the related adjacent land area that possesses one or more of the values referred to in Section 1271 of this title. Every wild, scenic or recreational river in its free-flowing condition, or upon restoration to this condition, shall be considered eligible for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system and, if included, shall be classified, designated, and administered as one of the following: (1) Wild river areas — Those rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impoundments and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and waters unpolluted. These represent the vestiges of primitive America. (2) Scenic river areas — Those rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impound-ments, with shorelines or watersheds still largely primitive and shorelines largely undeveloped, but accessible in places by roads. (3) Recreational river areas — Those rivers or sections that are readily accessible by road or railroad, that may have some development along their shorelines, and that may have undergone some impoundment or diversion in the past. 16 U.S.C. Section 1273 (b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Courts have limited authority to impose procedural requirements upon a federal agency which seeks to exercise the re sponsibilities committed to it by Congress. A history of statutory and deci-sional law cautions “reviewing courts against engrafting their own notions of proper procedures upon agencies entrusted with substantive functions by Congress.””
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.