· 8/19/2011
Coalition for a Sustainable Delta v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Citations
- 812 F. Supp. 2d 1089
- 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92809
- 2011 WL 3665108
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “a public record downloaded from a public agency’s official website” is “subject to judicial notice”
- finding that a report prepared by a non-governmental organization was not admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 803(8) “because it was not prepared by a government agency pursuant to a legal duty”
- documents written by the agency, such as FAQs and guidance documents, are admissible because they are “official [agency] publication[s] concerning matters within [the agency’s] scope of operations”
- \[J]udically noticed documents may be considered only for limited purposes.\
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Judges: Oliver W. Wanger
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