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· 12/1/1981

Watt v. Energy Action Educational Foundation

Citations

  • 454 U.S. 151
  • 102 S. Ct. 205
  • 70 L. Ed. 2d 309
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 46
  • 72 Oil & Gas Rep. 1
  • 12 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20237
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 4031

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that because one plaintiff had standing to bring the suit, the court need not consider the standing of the other plaintiffs
  • finding that causation element of standing inquiry existed in case in which agency breached its procedural duties by failing to consider options raised by plaintiffs
  • finding that causation element of standing inquiry existed in case in which agency breached its procedural duties by failing to consider options raised by plaintiffs
  • noting that because one plaintiff had standing, the Court would not consider whether other plaintiffs had standing, relying on earlier Supreme Court cases
  • determining that because one of the plaintiffs “has standing, we do not consider the standing of the other plaintiffs”
  • finding that one plaintiff had standing and refraining from considering whether others also did

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Judges: O'Connor

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