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· 12/22/2000

In Re Bluewater Network

Citations

  • 234 F.3d 1305
  • 344 U.S. App. D.C. 175
  • 2001 A.M.C. 1709
  • 31 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20359
  • 51 ERC (BNA) 1801
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 33572
  • 2000 WL 1836048

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that plaintiff’s mandamus claim challenging agency’s failure to comply with statute mandating certain action was timely
  • issuing a writ of mandamus to compel the Coast Guard after more than ten years of non-compliance to promulgate congressionally mandated regulations
  • “[I]ssuance of the writ is an extraordinary remedy, reserved only for the most transparent violations of a clear duty to act.”
  • mandamus is “reserved 17 only for the most transparent violations of a clear duty to act”
  • “[I]ssuance of the writ [of mandamus] is an extraordinary remedy, reserved only for the most transparent violations of a clear duty to act.”
  • mandamus is “reserved only for the most transparent violations of a clear duty to act”

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Judges: Edwards, Sentelle, Henderson

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