16 U.S.C. § 1276 — Statute Treatment

Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 1276

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 34 citation events across 10 distinct cases.
34citations total
10distinct interpreting cases
6distinct courts
0citations in last 5y
1975–2005year range
Top 9 leading cases
#1 Hughes River Watershed Conservancy v. Glickman (1996) ca4 77 own cites 8× in case
#2 Town of Summersville, West Virginia v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Friends of the Earth, Intervenor (1986) cadc 7 own cites 3× in case
#3 Center for Biological Diversity v. Veneman (2003) ca9 4 own cites 7× in case
#4 Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. United States Forest Serv. (2004) ord 5 own cites 2× in case
#5 Center for Biological Diversity v. Veneman (2003) ca9 5 own cites 4× in case
#6 State of North Carolina v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N (1975) ncmd 3 own cites 2× in case
#7 Swinomish Tribal Community v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1980) cadc 2 own cites 2× in case
#8 The State Of Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency (1990) ca10 3 own cites 1× in case
#9 Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency (1990) ca10 7 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.