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· 5/1/1989

Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council

Citations

  • 490 U.S. 360
  • 109 S. Ct. 1851
  • 104 L. Ed. 2d 377
  • 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2150
  • 19 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20749
  • 57 U.S.L.W. 4504
  • 29 ERC (BNA) 1508

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the standard for supplementing an EA is the same as for an EIS
  • noting that the preparation of supplemental environmental impact statements is sometimes necessary to comply with NEPA
  • stating that courts are to review factual disputes that implicate substantial agency expertise under the arbitrary and capricious standard
  • holding courts should avoid a construction of two statutes that leads to a “dichomotous result”
  • stating that courts are to review factual disputes that implicate substantial agency expertise under the arbitrary and capricious standard
  • applying arbitrary and capricious standard to the adequacy of an EIS under the NEPA

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Judges: Stevens

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