Worst case analysis
Worst case analysis was, from 1978 until 1986, a doctrine under which mandated that an environmental impact statement include such an analysis:
It led to a 1989 SCOTUS decision, written by John Paul Stevens and reported in Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council, after a decision by GOODWIN and FERGUSON, STEPHENS to reverse the Federal District Court of Oregon ruling that the Regional Forester did not violate any laws when he issued a special use permit for a ski resort development in a roadless area in Okanogan National Forest in Washington state.
The Rehnquist Court concluded
