Topanga Assn. for a Scenic Comm. v. CTY OF LOS ANGELES

How courts have described this case

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

• “Vigorous and meaningful judicial review facilitates, among other factors, the intended division of decision-making labor.”
• “[T]he intended effect [to require findings] is to facilitate orderly analysis and minimize the likelihood that the agency will randomly leap from evidence to conclusions.”
• \[T]he intended effect [to require findings] is to facilitate orderly analysis and minimize the likelihood that the agency will randomly leap from evidence to conclusions.\
• “[Ijmplicit in section 1094.5 is a requirement that the agency which renders the challenged decision must set forth findings to bridge the analytic gap between the raw evidence and ultimate decision or order.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).