528 U.S. 167 (2000) Cited 7,204 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
513 U.S. 18 (1994) Cited 985 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that the appealing party had "surrender[ed] his claim to the equitable remedy of vacatur" by settling the case and thus "voluntarily forfeit[ing] his legal remedy by the ordinary processes of appeal"
393 U.S. 199 (1968) Cited 843 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that “the heavy burden of persuasion” that the challenged conduct cannot reasonably be expected to start up again lies with the party asserting mootness
Holding that the verb "include" is non-limiting where the "most obvious way" to limit a definition would be to write it the way Congress wrote other limited definitions nearby
Granting FTC the power to "make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this [Act]," 15 U.S.C. § 46(g) (West Supp. 1986)