31 Cited authorities

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc. of the United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.
463 U.S. 29 (1983) Cited 6,657 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]'"
Miller v. French
530 U.S. 327 (2000) Cited 579 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that § 3626(e) prevents federal courts from employing their traditional equitable authority to enjoin the operation of the PLRA's automatic stay provision, and further finding that the automatic stay provision is constitutional
Burlington Truck Lines v. U.S.
371 U.S. 156 (1962) Cited 1,947 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding a rule invalid under the APA where "the Commission made no findings specifically directed to the choice between two vastly different remedies with vastly different consequences to the carriers and the public . . . [and failed to] articulate any rational connection between the facts found and the choice made"
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Echazabal
536 U.S. 73 (2002) Cited 329 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the ADA's direct-threat defense may apply not only to “other individuals in the workplace,” as the statute states, but to the disabled individual himself
Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Co.
415 U.S. 1 (1974) Cited 400 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the enumeration of specific types of equitable authority in the Freedom of Information Act did not preclude district courts from granting non-enumerated injunctive relief
Scripps-Howard Radio v. Comm'n
316 U.S. 4 (1942) Cited 359 times
Finding that a federal court may stay judgments pending appeal "as part of its traditional equipment for the administration of justice"
Small Ref. Lead Phase-Down Task For. v. Usepa
705 F.2d 506 (D.C. Cir. 1983) Cited 249 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that final administrative rules that depart from an agency's initial proposals do not require new notice and comment if the final rules are a "logical outgrowth" of the proposals, such that the parties "should have anticipated [that they] might be imposed"
Jicarilla Apache Nation v. U. S. D. I
613 F.3d 1112 (D.C. Cir. 2010) Cited 102 times
Noting that agency actions may “stand without elaborate explanation where distinctions between the case under review and the asserted precedent are so plain that no inconsistency appears”
Shays v. Federal Election Com'n
414 F.3d 76 (D.C. Cir. 2005) Cited 116 times
Holding that incumbent congressmen subject to two-year election cycles had standing to challenge the FEC's implementation of certain provisions of BCRA
Batterton v. Marshall
648 F.2d 694 (D.C. Cir. 1980) Cited 223 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding unlawful a new methodology for collecting and computing unemployment statistics never published or announced by the Department of Labor
Section 551 - Definitions
5 U.S.C. § 551 Cited 4,767 times 69 Legal Analyses
Adopting the definition set out in the APA
Section 553 - Rule making
5 U.S.C. § 553 Cited 4,099 times 148 Legal Analyses
Exempting "interpretative rules," among other things, from the notice-and-comment requirement
Section 7607 - Administrative proceedings and judicial review
42 U.S.C. § 7607 Cited 786 times 10 Legal Analyses
Granting the D.C. Circuit original jurisdiction to review "any other nationally applicable regulations promulgated, or final action taken, by the Administrator under this chapter" and granting regional circuits jurisdiction to review "any other final action of the Administrator under this chapter ... which is locally or regionally applicable"
Section 7412 - Hazardous air pollutants
42 U.S.C. § 7412 Cited 438 times 40 Legal Analyses
Mandating the EPA "require the maximum degree of reduction" that is "achievable" in regulating hazardous air pollutants
Section 7429 - Solid waste combustion
42 U.S.C. § 7429 Cited 23 times
Defining “solid waste incineration unit” as a “distinct operating unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste material from commercial or industrial establishments or the general public”
Section 804 - Definitions
5 U.S.C. § 804 Cited 15 times 7 Legal Analyses
Defining a "major rule"

Sierra Club v. Jackson

31 Cited authorities

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]'"

Holding that § 3626(e) prevents federal courts from employing their traditional equitable authority to enjoin the operation of the PLRA's automatic stay provision, and further finding that the automatic stay provision is constitutional

Holding that the ADA's direct-threat defense may apply not only to “other individuals in the workplace,” as the statute states, but to the disabled individual himself

Holding that the enumeration of specific types of equitable authority in the Freedom of Information Act did not preclude district courts from granting non-enumerated injunctive relief

Finding that a federal court may stay judgments pending appeal "as part of its traditional equipment for the administration of justice"

Holding that final administrative rules that depart from an agency's initial proposals do not require new notice and comment if the final rules are a "logical outgrowth" of the proposals, such that the parties "should have anticipated [that they] might be imposed"

Noting that agency actions may “stand without elaborate explanation where distinctions between the case under review and the asserted precedent are so plain that no inconsistency appears”

Holding that incumbent congressmen subject to two-year election cycles had standing to challenge the FEC's implementation of certain provisions of BCRA

Holding unlawful a new methodology for collecting and computing unemployment statistics never published or announced by the Department of Labor

Adopting the definition set out in the APA

Exempting "interpretative rules," among other things, from the notice-and-comment requirement

Mandating the EPA "require the maximum degree of reduction" that is "achievable" in regulating hazardous air pollutants

Defining “solid waste incineration unit” as a “distinct operating unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste material from commercial or industrial establishments or the general public”

Defining a "major rule"