Legal Opinion

Center for Auto Safety v. Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary, Department of Transportation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 8, 1987No. 86-5436PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

WALD, Chief Judge:

This case concerns the availability and scope of judicial review of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) decision to deny the Center for Auto Safety’s (CAS)1 petition to reopen an enforcement investigation against the Ford Motor Company for safety defects in automobiles built between 1966 and 1979. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966,2 as amended, states that if the Secretary of Transportation makes a final determination that a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Department of the Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Domestic Securities, Inc. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
  3. Kathryn Gwin Ellison Whiskey Bay Acres L.L.C. David M. Ellison, Jr. v. William L. Connor, District Engineer, Department of the Army Corps of Engineers United States of America, on Behalf of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, United States of America, Plaintiff-Counter v. Jimmy D. Laviolette, Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  4. Center for Auto Safety v. Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary, Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  5. Walsh v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1990

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