Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

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"

Valley Forge College v. Americans United

Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"

Amoco Production Co. v. Gambell

Holding that a District Court did not err in declining to issue an injunction to bar exploratory drilling on Alaskan public lands, because the district court's decision "did not undermine" the policy of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3120, and because the Secretary of the Interior had other means of meaningfully complying with the statute

Babbitt v. Farm Workers

Holding a case justiciable even though the plaintiffs disavowed any intent to "propagate untruths"

New York v. United States

Holding that the federal government could not commandeer States to enact or enforce a federal regulatory scheme

Printz v. United States

Holding unconstitutional a statute obligating state law enforcement officers to implement a federal gun-control law

Ohio Forestry Assn., Inc. v. Sierra Club

Holding that a procedural dispute is ripe “at the time the [procedural] failure takes place”

Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. Transit Auth

Holding that local governments are not constitutionally immune from federal employment laws, and overruling National League of Cities v. Usery , 426 U.S. 833, 96 S.Ct. 2465, 49 L.Ed.2d 245, after "eight years" of experience under that regime showed Usery ’s standard was unworkable and, in practice, undermined the federalism principles the decision sought to protect

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

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

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 1251 - Congressional declaration of goals and policy

Designating the Administrator of the EPA to "administer this chapter"

Section 1531 - Congressional findings and declaration of purposes and policy

Finding and declaring that "various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct" while "other species ... have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction ...."

Section 1604 - National Forest System land and resource management plans

Granting the Secretary rulemaking authority over LRMP development and revision procedures

Section 1701 - Congressional declaration of policy

Holding that plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded prudential standing as to the FLPMA due only to their "aesthetic and "recreational interest" in land

Section 1600 - Congressional findings

Directing agency to specify guidelines for land management plans

Section 551 - Protection of national forests; rules and regulations

Authorizing the promulgation of rules covering use of the national forests and providing for criminal sanctions for violation of those rules

Section 1131 - National Wilderness Preservation System

Recognizing agency's power to regulate wilderness area as the agency had been empowered prior to the designation as a wilderness area

Section 528 - Development and administration of renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained yield of products and services; Congressional declaration of policy and purpose

Requiring administration of National Forest System lands for multiple uses, including recreation

Section 261.10 - Occupancy and use

Violating a term or condition of an approved operating plan

Section 251.50 - Scope

Explaining Part 251 regulations apply to all uses of forest land, "except those authorized by the regulations governing ... minerals (part 228)"

Section 261.6 - Timber and other forest products

Prohibiting damaging any timber, tree, or other forest product except as authorized by a special use permit, contract or other federal law or regulation

Section 1506.2 - Elimination of duplication with State, Tribal, and local procedures

Authorizing joint federal-state environmental review

Section 261.9 - Property

Prohibiting damage to government property or endangered flora

Section 2.60 - Chief, Forest Service

Section 218.3 - Reviewing officer

Section 223.30 - Consistency with plans, environmental standards, and other management requirements