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· 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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