South Fork Band Council v. United States Department of the Interior

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that issuance of an injunction pending consideration of environmental impacts under NEPA comported with the public interest
• finding that issuance of an injunction pending consideration of environmental impacts under NEPA comported with the public interest
• noting that mitigation measure must be discussed with “sufficient detail to ensure that 8 environmental consequences have been fairly evaluated” and must include “an assessment of 9 whether the proposed mitigation measures can be effective”
• requiring agency to discuss effectiveness of mitigation even in the face of uncertainty
• “An essential component of a reasonably complete mitigation discussion is an assessment of whether the proposed mitigation measures can be effective.”
• “An essential component of a reasonably complete mitigation discussion is an assessment of whether the proposed mitigation measures can be effective.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).