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· 3/2/1977

John D. Robinson, Jr. v. John A. Knebel, Etc.

Citations

  • 550 F.2d 422
  • 7 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20358
  • 10 ERC (BNA) 1097
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 14501
  • 10 ERC 1097

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding landowners were within NEPA’s zone of interests when their tillable land, ability to hunt, and farming operations were at stake
  • standing to sue under National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 , et seq.
  • distinguishing Churchill based on the fact that, in that case, the agency had not filed an EIS, and thereby finding prudential standing where a plaintiff's \environmental concerns [were] not so insignificant that they ought to be disregarded altogether\
  • distinguishing Churchill based on the fact that, in that case, the agency had not filed an EIS, and thereby finding prudential standing where a plaintiff's \environmental concerns [were] not so insignificant that they ought to be disregarded altogether\
  • pecuniary interest an appropriate motivation as long as “their environmental concerns are not so insignificant that they ought to be disregarded altogether.”

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Judges: Matthes, Bright, Henley

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