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"

Summers v. Earth Island Inst.

Holding that supplementation of the district court record to receive affidavits from the organization's members was not permitted "in the circumstances here: after the trial is over, judgment has been entered, and a notice of appeal has been filed"

Florida Power Light Co. v. Lorion

Holding that the Hobbs Act vests in the court of appeals initial judicial review authority over an NRC order denying a petition under 10 C.F.R. § 2.206 for suspension of an operating license

Thomas Jefferson Univ. v. Shalala

Holding that "the agency’s interpretation must be given controlling weight unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation"

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Holding that where rulemaking fulfills basic APA standards for notice and procedure, a court will not impose additional process

Mich. v. Bay Mills Indian Cmty.

Holding that tribal immunity extends to "suits arising from a tribe’s commercial activities, even when they take place off Indian lands"

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen

Holding that, under the National Environmental Policy Act, an agency cannot be considered the legal "cause" of an action that it has no statutory discretion to avoid

Morton v. Mancari

Holding that the Indian Commerce Clause empowers Congress to “single Indians out as a proper subject for separate legislation.”

Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones

Holding that state could collect sales tax from ski resort owned by tribe that was located outside reservation's borders

Yakima v. Confederated Tribes

Holding that county could not enforce its excise tax on sales of reservation land

Section 706 - Scope of review

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

Section 701 - Application; definitions

Adopting the definition given in Section 551

Section 4321 - Congressional declaration of purpose

Describing the purposes of NEPA as including "encourag[ing] productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment"

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 301 - Departmental regulations

Granting rulemaking authority to executive agencies

Section 465 - Transferred

Authorizing Secretary to acquire lands "in his discretion"

Section 2 - Duties of Commissioner

Granting that authority to the Secretary

Section 51200 - Title of chapter

Section 5108 - Acquisition of lands, water rights or surface rights; appropriation; title to lands; tax exemption

Authorizing the Secretary to take into trust land acquired through "relinquishment," "gift," or "assignment"

Section 9 - Regulations by President

Delegating authority to the executive to "prescribe such regulations as [the President] may think fit for carrying into effect the various provisions of any act relating to Indian affairs, and for settlement of the accounts of Indian affairs"

Section 151.10 - On-reservation acquisitions

Dispensing with certain procedures and criteria applicable to a discretionary acquisition when "the acquisition is mandated by legislation"

Section 151.3 - Land acquisition policy

Providing that the Secretary may take land into trust "[w]hen the tribe already owns an interest in the land"

Section 151.9 - Requests for approval of acquisitions

Section 151.13 - Title review

Permitting Secretary to require evidence of satisfactory title before finally approving acquisition