Environmentalists Defeated in Sierra Club v. Morton
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Law, Legal History, Courts, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S., Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: April 19, 1972
Article abstract: The Supreme Court rejected the Sierra Club’s suit to block the construction of a ski resort on public land.
Summary of Event
On April 19, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in the case Sierra Club v. Morton that the Sierra Club, the large national environmental organization founded in 1892 by John Muir, could not file suit to stop the U.S. Forest Service from granting permission to Walt Disney Enterprises to construct a ski resort in Sequoia National Forest. The Court decided the case by a four-to-three margin, with two...
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