Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Morton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1972No. 70-34PublishedCited by 3,178 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
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The Mineral King Valley is an area of great natural beauty nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Tulare County, California, adjacent to Sequoia National Park. It has been part of the Sequoia National Forest since 1926, and is designated as a national game refuge by special Act of Congress.1 Though once the site of extensive mining activity, Mineral King is now used almost exclusively for recreational purposes. Its relative inaccessibility and lack of development have limited the number of visitors each year, and at the same time have preserved the valley’s quality as a quasi-wilderness…
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