· 7/19/2011
Oceana, Inc. v. Gary Locke
Citations
- 399 U.S. App. D.C. 308
- 670 F.3d 1238
- 41 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20239
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14685
- 2011 WL 2802989
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that “the 30-day deadline in § 1855(f) for seeking judicial review impl[ies] a congressional preference for immediate resolution.”
- reading statutory provision as mandatory where, in contrast to a neighboring provision, duty imposed was not modified by phrase “to the extent practicable”
- reading statutory provision as mandatory where, in contrast to a neighboring provision, duty imposed was not modified by phrase “to the extent practicable”
- comparing two sections, one of which contained “to the extent practicable” qualifier and noting that for the other subsection, “[w]hen a statute commands an agency without qualification to carry out a particular program in a particular way, the agency’s duty is clear”
- “Defendants do not need to produce a privilege log describing documents withheld from the administrative record.”
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Judges: Garland, Ginsburg, Sentelle
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