U.S. Court of Appeals / Ninth Circuit

Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown

Decided May 17, 2011. Raymond C. Fisher wrote the opinion for the court.

640 F.3d 1063 · Cited 57 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Train · 396 F. Supp. 1393
Auer v. Robbins · 519 U.S. 452
Thompson v. Paul · 547 F.3d 1055
Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown · 617 F.3d 1176

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