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Sierra Club, Petitioner, v. Rogers C.B. Morton, Individually, and as Secretary of the Interior of the United States, et a.

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Avr 19, 1972
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Supreme Court of the United States
Siège de la cour
Washington D.C.
Juge
Stewart
Douglas
Brennan
Blackmun
Numéro de référence
NO. 70-34
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Mot clé
ONG Zone de montagne Forêt de protection Faune sauvage Parcs nationaux Aire protégée Protection de l'habitat Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives
Résumé
The Sierra Club brought this action to stop a ski resort development in, and the construction of a road through, the Sequoia National Park. The injury alleged by the Sierra Club was the change in the use to which this area would undergo. The plaintiff sued as a "membership corporation" claiming it had a special interest in the maintenance and conservation of the area. It claimed that the development would destroy or otherwise affect the scenery, natural and historic objects and wildlife in the park, and impair the enjoyment of the park for future generations. The Court held that the Sierra Club did not have standing to bring this action. The impact of the proposed road would not fall indiscriminately upon every citizen, but would be felt directly only by those who use the park, and for whom the aesthetic and recreational values of the area would be lessened by the proposed development. The Court emphasized that the Sierra Club had failed to allege that it or its member would be affected in any of their activities or pastimes by this development. Nowhere in the pleadings or affidavits did the Sierra Club claim that its members used the park for any purpose, much less that they would be significantly affected by the development. In the absence of allegations that the Sierra Club or its members would be affected in any of their activities by the proposed development, the Sierra Club’s alleged special interest in the conservation of national game reserves and forests is insufficient to give it standing.
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Jud.Dec.Nat.pre.pdf
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UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law in Africa, Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume I, Page 3

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