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"

Bennett v. Spear

Holding that a Final Biological Opinion has "legal consequences," even though the action agency is not legally obligated to accept the opinion's recommendations or conclusions, because the opinion "alter the legal regime to which the action agency is subject"

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc. of the United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

Holding that " `settled course of behavior embodies the agency's informed judgment that, by pursuing that course, it will carry out the policies [of applicable statutes or regulations]'"

United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.

Holding that where Congress expresses its intent "with sufficient precision," then "reference to legislative history and to pre-Code practice is hardly necessary"

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe

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

Califano v. Sanders

Holding that "the APA is not to be interpreted as an implied grant of subject-matter jurisdiction to review agency actions"

Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Holding that Congress had not yet empowered the FDA to regulate tobacco products

Data Processing Service v. Camp

Holding that "[t]here can be no doubt" that the plaintiffs have Article III standing because they "allege that competition [resulting from the challenged regulation] might entail some future loss of profits for [them]"

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Holding that "a reviewing court must generally be at its most deferential" when examining an agency decision made "within its area of special expertise, at the frontiers of science"

Securities Comm'n v. Chenery Corp.

Holding that reviewing court may consider only grounds invoked by agency

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 706 - Scope of review

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

Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties

Providing for the automatic substitution at the district-court level of public officers sued in their official capacities

Section 701 - Application; definitions

Adopting the definition given in Section 551

Section 1801 - Findings, purposes and policy

Finding the economies of "[m]any coastal areas . . . have been badly damaged by the overfishing of fishery resources," particularly by "[t]he activities of massive foreign fishing fleets"

Section 1855 - Other requirements and authority

Adopting the standards for judicial review under 5 U.S.C. § 706

Section 1851 - National standards for fishery conservation and management

Requiring that FMPs “be consistent with the following national standards for fishery conservation and management”

Section 1852 - Regional Fishery Management Councils

Requiring the councils to conduct public hearings "to allow all interested persons an opportunity to be heard in the development of fishery management plans"

Section 1854 - Action by Secretary

Allowing fee "to recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of any limited access privilege program," without limiting fee to payment for observers

Section 1853 - Contents of fishery management plans

Allowing fishery management plans to "prohibit, limit, condition, or require the use of specified types and quantities of fishing gear"

Section 600.325 - National Standard 4-Allocations

Defining " ‘allocation’ or ‘assignment’ of fishing privileges" under National Standard 4

Section 600.345 - National Standard 8-Communities

Discussing National Standard 8

Section 600.330 - National Standard 5-Efficiency