Ludwig v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that it is error to require an agency to gather more data \that is arguably susceptible to discovery\ if no statute requires it
• explaining that the ESA’s requirement to use the best scientific data available did not require the agency to conduct independent studies to count every single animal
• “The ‘best available data’ requirement makes it clear that the Secretary has no obligation to conduct independent studies.”
• “[T]he Secretary has no obligation to conduct independent studies.”
• “[T]he Secretary has no obligation to conduct independent studies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).