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Oceana, Inc. v. Pritzker et al

MOTION for Summary Judgment

48 Cited authorities

  1. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,153 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing

  2. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,020 times   502 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

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

    463 U.S. 29 (1983)   Cited 6,634 times   50 Legal Analyses
    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]'"

  4. Auer v. Robbins

    519 U.S. 452 (1997)   Cited 2,337 times   88 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal agency's interpretation of a regulation is controlling where it is not "plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation"

  5. Christensen v. Harris County

    529 U.S. 576 (2000)   Cited 1,893 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that agency interpretations contained in "policy statements, agency manuals, and enforcement guidelines, all of which lack the force of law do not warrant Chevron-style deference"

  6. Blue Mt. Biodiversity Proj. v. Blackwood

    161 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 345 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that conflicting evidence on the effects of ecological intervention in post-fire landscapes made a proposed project highly uncertain, thus requiring an EIS

  7. Tomac, Tax. of Mich. v. Norton

    433 F.3d 852 (D.C. Cir. 2006)   Cited 107 times
    Holding an agency's exclusion of three documents that the plaintiffs had identified through a FOIA request is "not strong evidence of bad faith or an incomplete record"

  8. Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies v. FCC

    131 F.3d 1044 (D.C. Cir. 1997)   Cited 107 times
    Explaining that “text, legislative history, and structure” are traditional tools of statutory interpretation

  9. Coalition on Sensible Transportation, Inc. v. Dole

    826 F.2d 60 (D.C. Cir. 1987)   Cited 139 times
    Finding interstate widening project was not improperly segmented from interchange improvements because improvements served legitimate purposes “in the absence of the I–270 expansion, and thus are sufficiently independent. They are expected to result in less congestion at interchanges, facilitate local traffic, and provide access to mass transit.”

  10. Grand Canyon Trust v. F.A.A

    290 F.3d 339 (D.C. Cir. 2002)   Cited 84 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding the FAA's cumulative impacts analysis of noise to be inadequate where the agency “had not evaluated existing noise impacts [or] those planned impacts that will exist by the time the new facility is constructed and in operation”

  11. Section 706 - Scope of review

    5 U.S.C. § 706   Cited 20,443 times   184 Legal Analyses
    Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

  12. Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

    28 U.S.C. § 1746   Cited 10,033 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the use of declarations instead

  13. Section 701 - Application; definitions

    5 U.S.C. § 701   Cited 9,366 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the definition given in Section 551

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

    42 U.S.C. § 4332   Cited 3,615 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that agencies prepare environmental impact statements where major agency action would significantly affect the environment

  15. Section 1801 - Findings, purposes and policy

    16 U.S.C. § 1801   Cited 427 times   5 Legal Analyses
    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"

  16. Section 1855 - Other requirements and authority

    16 U.S.C. § 1855   Cited 246 times
    Adopting the standards for judicial review under 5 U.S.C. § 706

  17. Section 1851 - National standards for fishery conservation and management

    16 U.S.C. § 1851   Cited 198 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that FMPs “be consistent with the following national standards for fishery conservation and management”

  18. Section 1852 - Regional Fishery Management Councils

    16 U.S.C. § 1852   Cited 191 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring the councils to conduct public hearings "to allow all interested persons an opportunity to be heard in the development of fishery management plans"

  19. Section 1854 - Action by Secretary

    16 U.S.C. § 1854   Cited 175 times
    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

  20. Section 1853 - Contents of fishery management plans

    16 U.S.C. § 1853   Cited 174 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Allowing fishery management plans to "prohibit, limit, condition, or require the use of specified types and quantities of fishing gear"

  21. Section 1501.4 - Categorical exclusions

    40 C.F.R. § 1501.4   Cited 751 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that agencies may prepare a concise environmental assessment to determine if a more detailed environmental impact is required

  22. Section 600.350 - National Standard 9-Bycatch

    50 C.F.R. § 600.350   Cited 20 times
    Requiring regional council to create a database on bycatch and bycatch mortality that will help it "evaluate conservation and management measures"