Strahan v. Linnon’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently September 2014
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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 15 U.S.C. § 1539 (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 16 U.S.C. § 1362 (§ 3 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1371 (§ 101 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1372 (§ 102 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1377 (§ 107 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1383B (§ 115 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1387 (§ 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972) · 16 U.S.C. § 1531 (§ 2 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Bennett v. Spear · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Heckler v. Chaney · Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) the impact which will likely result from such taking; (ii) what steps the applicant will take to minimize and mitigate such impacts, and the funding that will be available to implement such steps; (iii) what alternative actions to such taking the applicant considered and the reasons why such alternatives are not being utilized; and (iv) such other measures that the [issuing agency] may require as being necessary or appropriate for purposes of the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[A]ny person may commence a civil suit on his own behalf— (A) to enjoin any person, including the United States and any other governmental instrumentality or agency ..., who is alleged to be in violation of any provision of [the ESA] or regulation issued under the authority thereof.... The district courts shall have jurisdiction ... to enforce any such provision or regulation. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Conservation plans under [Section] 7(a)(1) are 'voluntary measures that the federal agency has the discretion to undertake' and 'the [ESA] does not mandate particular actions be taken by Federal Agencies to implement [Section] 7(a)(1).'”
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.