Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Conley v. Gibson

Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"

Auer v. Robbins

Holding that a federal agency's interpretation of a regulation is controlling where it is not "plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation"

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe

Holding a decision is committed to agency discretion when there is "no law to apply"

Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist

Holding that a school board member sued in his official capacity was bound by the board’s litigation decisions and could not file his own notice of appeal

Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council

Holding that courts must defer to the "informed discretion" of federal agencies where the agencies’ decisions require "a high level of technical expertise" (quoting Kleppe v. Sierra Club , 427 U.S. 390, 412, 96 S.Ct. 2718, 49 L.Ed.2d 576 (1976) )

Heckler v. Chaney

Holding that a statute did not provide meaningful standards because it did not "speak to the criteria which shall be used by the agency for investigating possible violations of the [statute]"

Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council

Holding NEPA does not require a "worst case analysis"

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

Holding that budget appropriations cannot alter meaning of statute

Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Potawatomi Tribe

Holding that states have a right to collect taxes on certain cigarette sales on an Indian reservation, but the tribe is immune from suit seeking to enforce that right

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 704 - Actions reviewable

Granting judicial review over " final agency action"

Section 4332 - Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information; recommendations; international and national coordination of efforts

Requiring that agencies prepare environmental impact statements where major agency action would significantly affect the environment

Section 1151 - Indian country defined

Defining "Indian country" even more broadly

Section 2409a - Real property quiet title actions

Authorizing action "to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest"

Section 2701 - Findings

Finding that “[f]ederal courts have held that section 81 of this title requires Secretarial review of management contracts dealing with Indian gaming, but does not provide standards for approval of such contracts”

Section 2710 - Tribal gaming ordinances

Providing "[n]et revenues . . . may be used to make per capita payments . . . only if" the tribe has already prepared a plan to meet its government essential services

Section 2703 - Definitions

Defining "class III gaming"

Section 2702 - Declaration of policy

Explaining that Congress' purpose in enacting IGRA was "to provide a statutory basis for the operation of gaming by Indian tribes as a means of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments"

Section 151.9 - Requests for approval of acquisitions

Section 3 CCR 714-1-J-4