Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the “choice of alternatives is ‘bounded by some notion of feasibility’” (quotation omitted)
• finding that agency has discretion to reject alternatives deemed ineffective for accomplishing project’s goals
• finding that agency has discretion to reject alternatives deemed ineffective for accomplishing project’s goals
• reversing the district court’s finding that the purpose and need statement was unreasonable when the statement did not improperly foreclose consideration of alternatives
• “[N]othing about the language of the Statement of Purpose and Need limits consideration of [various] measures.” (alterations in original)
• reviewing purpose and need statement considering the agency’s statutory objectives and the project’s focus

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).