· 1/12/2000
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.
Citations
- 528 U.S. 167
- 120 S. Ct. 693
- 145 L. Ed. 2d 610
- 2000 U.S. LEXIS 501
- 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 37
- 2000 Daily Journal DAR 375
- 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 142
- 30 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20246
- 163 A.L.R. Fed. 749
- 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 289
- 49 ERC (BNA) 1769
How courts have described this case
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- holding that plaintiffs who “would use” allegedly polluted areas located several miles from their homes, but “refrained” from doing so, had established injury in fact
- conducting a separate standing analysis of civil penalties, but concluding that deterrence of ongoing harm suffices for constitutional standing
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Judges: Ginsburg, Kennedy, O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, Stevens
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