Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Davies
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 6, 1990No. LR-C-90-56PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUSAN WEBBER WRIGHT, District Judge.
I. Facts
Plaintiffs instituted this action to enjoin test drilling and other mining activities in the Crater of Diamonds State Park. The park is located in Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas and contains the only site in North America that is open to the public for mining for diamonds in their natural matrix. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is listed in the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission’s Registry of Arkansas Natural Areas.
In 1906 the property that is .now the state park yielded its first confirmed diamond. 1…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Taxpayers Watchdog, Inc. v. Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness/scotchman's Peak Grizzly Bears v. R. Max Peterson, U. S. Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- The Sierra Club v. Stanley K. HathawayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Sierra Club v. DaviesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Sierra Club Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc. And Friends of Crater of Diamonds, State Park, Inc. v. Richard Davies, Acting Director of Arkansas Parks and Tourism Arkansas Parks Recreation & Travel Commission John Cook, Director, National Park Service, S.W. Region Manual Lujan, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. Capricorn Diamonds, Ltd. And Kennecott Corporation, (Intervenors/third Party) v. Sierra Club Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc. Friends of Crater of Diamonds, State Park, Inc., Sierra Club Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc. And Friends of Crater of Diamonds State Park, Inc. v. Richard Davies, Acting Director of Arkansas Parks and Tourism Arkansas Parks Recreation & Travel Commission, John Cook, Director, National Park Service, S.W. Region Department of Interior, Manual Lujan, Secretary, Capricorn Diamonds, Ltd. Kennecott Corporation, Intervenors Below v. Sierra Club Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Inc. Friends of Crater of Diamonds State Park, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Sierra Club v. DaviesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992