standing trees v. state

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Washington Unit Case No. 22-CV-04195 65 State Street Montpelier VT 05602 802-828-2091 www.vermontjudiciary.org Standing Trees Inc. et al v. State of Vermont Opinion and Order on Plaintiffs’ Rule 59(e) Motion to Alter or Amend On September 1, 2023, the Court granted the State’s motion to dismiss, largely on standing grounds. Relying on Summers v. Earth Island Institute,

555 U.S. 488

(2009), among other authorities, the Court ruled that Plaintiffs had failed to allege any non- speculative injury sufficient to support standing, which is “fundamentally rooted…