Nelson v. Ragen

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that courts should defer to agency interpretation of their own regulations
• Sierra Club sought court ordered closure under section 8341.2 after its petition for closure was deferred until Secretary issued a Final Plan maintaining unrestricted use of Canyon
• Section 8341.2(a) “creates a separate duty to close without regard to the designation process; it does not automatically become inoperative once the Secretary exercises his discretion to designate the land.”
• Secretary’s not Sierra Club’s interpretation of the phrase “no considerable adverse effects” controlled

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).