· 6/6/1983
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Citations
- 462 U.S. 87
- 103 S. Ct. 2246
- 76 L. Ed. 2d 437
- 1983 U.S. LEXIS 48
- 13 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20544
- 52 P.U.R.4th 501
- 51 U.S.L.W. 4678
- 19 ERC (BNA) 1057
How courts have described this case
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- holding that when examining decisions made under conditions of scientific uncertainty \a reviewing court must generally be at its most deferential\
- recognizing that a reviewing court should be at its most deferential in reviewing an agency’s scientific conclusions in an area within the agency’s expertise
- holding that a reviewing court must be \at its most deferential” when the agency is \making predictions, within its area of special expertise, at the frontiers of science”
- holding that, “at the frontiers of science, ... a reviewing court must generally be at its most deferential”
- holding that “[w]hen examining ... [a] scientific determination ... a reviewing court must generally be at its most deferential”
- holding that “[w]hen examining ... [a] scientific determination ... a reviewing court must generally be at its most deferential”
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Judges: O'Connor, Powell
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