Legal Opinion
The Wilderness Society (David Anderson and the Canadian Wildlife Federation) v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 11, 1972No. 72-1090PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
The question presented by this appeal is whether the District Court properly denied an application of a nonresident Canadian citizen and a Canadian environmental organization to intervene in litigation aimed at testing whether the Secretary of the Interior has complied with the procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act1 prior to deciding whether to issue a permit for the trans-Alaska pipeline. In the basic action various domestic environmental groups seek an injunction preventing the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a permit for the trans-Alaska pipeline until the Secretary…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- William E. Nuesse, Commissioner of Banks, State of Wisconsin v. William Camp, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of America, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor. Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
3Cited by22 opinions
- Wilderness Society v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Wade v. GoldschmidtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Sierra Club v. FroehlkeDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1973
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and United States of America, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- People of Enewetak v. LairdDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1973
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