Legal Opinion
The Matter of Sierra Club v. Village of Painted Post
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 19, 2015No. 151PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Abdus-Salaam, J.
In Society of Plastics Indus. v County of Suffolk (77 NY2d 761 [1991]), this Court examined the law of standing, and set forth a framework for deciding whether parties have standing to challenge governmental action in land use matters generally, and under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (ECL art 8 [SEQRA]), specifically. We held that “the plaintiff, for standing purposes, must show that it would suffer direct harm, injury that is in some way different from that of the public at large” (77 NY2d at 774). This appeal gives us the opportunity to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP)Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Society of Plastics Industry, Inc. v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Save the Pine Bush, Inc. v. Common CouncilNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Association for a Better Long Island, Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental ConservationNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
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