Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Agriculture

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that commissioner of agriculture acted arbitrarily by determining that water-appropriate permit would not have cumulative potential effects in light of letters from the MPCA, DNR and Minnesota Department of Health indicating to the contrary
• reasoning that very purpose of environmental assessment is to determine potential for significant environmental effects before they occur
• stating an agency’s review is arbitrary or capricious if it “represents the agency’s will, rather than its judgment”
• determination was arbitrary when contrary to evidence in the record
• determination was arbitrary when contrary to evidence in the record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).