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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Safari Club International v. Ryan Zinke.

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1 Safari Club International v. Ryan Zinke Anchor
cadc · 2017
green “a disputed action also may be set aside as arbitrary and capricious if the agency has acted 'without observance of procedure required by law.” 7
2 Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior
ca4 · 2018
green “generally, an agency decision is arbitrary and capricious if 'the agency has relied on factors which congress has not intended it to consider, entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem, offered an explanation for its decision that runs counter to the evidenc…” 5
3 Sanitary Brd of Charleston v. Andrew Wheeler
ca4 · 2019
green “should 'uphold a decision of less than ideal clarity if the agency's path may reasonably be discerned.” 3
4 Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior
ca4 · 2019
green “will vacate agency action if it is not 'based on a consideration of the relevant factors' or where 'there has been a clear error of judgment.” 3
5 Air Transp. Ass'n of Am., Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.
cadc · 2018
green “the function of the district court is to determine whether or not as a matter of law the evidence in the administrative record permitted the agency to make the decision it did.” 3

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