Supreme Court of the United States
Summers v. Earth Island Institute
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- March 3, 2009
- Case
- Summers v. Earth Island Institute
- Case status
- Decided
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*490Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondents are a group of organizations dedicated to protecting the environment. (We will refer to them collectively as “Earth Island.”) They Seek to prevent the United States Forest Service from enforcing regulations that exempt small fire-rehabilitation and timber-salvage projects from the notice,…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Antonin Scalia | March 3, 2009 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | March 3, 2009 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | March 3, 2009 |