The conservationist purpose of several environmental statutes is eroding. This casenote examines the Supreme Court's decision in Bennett v. Spear, in which the Court expanded standing by holding that even commercial entities may sue under the Endangered Species Act's citizen suit provision. The Note traces the progression and development of standing, both generally and with respect to federal environmental statutes. It then analyzes the Bennett v. Spear decision, focusing on the Supreme Court's shift away from environmental interests and toward those of commerce. Finally, the author offers three strategies to restore the environmental protectionist purpose of the Endangered Species Act
This Article investigates how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Serv...
This Comment examines the controversial relationship between the ESA and the Commerce Clause. Part I...
The Lujan decision will be assessed firstly, by summarizing the decision in the Case section of this...
This Article examines the evolution of standing in environmental disputes. The Article traces enviro...
This Note examines the effect the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Bennett v. Spear will have when the...
This Note examines the effect the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Bennett v. Spear will have when the...
article published in law reviewThirty-five years ago, the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") had as ausp...
First, this article will review the impetus and purposes for the Clean Water Act of 1972, including ...
In January 1993, the U.S. Fish & Wild Life Service (“FWS”) added the delta smelt, a small, silvery b...
In Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife the United States Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit and de...
After the Supreme Court decided Lopez, a number of commentators speculated about its impact on the E...
The federal government has spent the last thirty years regulating activities that affect endangered ...
Environmentalists have been warning of catastrophic climate change for years, often getting only min...
Endangered species protection has long been favored by many Americans, who watched regretfully as th...
This year marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, one of the oldest environmental reg...
This Article investigates how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Serv...
This Comment examines the controversial relationship between the ESA and the Commerce Clause. Part I...
The Lujan decision will be assessed firstly, by summarizing the decision in the Case section of this...
This Article examines the evolution of standing in environmental disputes. The Article traces enviro...
This Note examines the effect the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Bennett v. Spear will have when the...
This Note examines the effect the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Bennett v. Spear will have when the...
article published in law reviewThirty-five years ago, the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") had as ausp...
First, this article will review the impetus and purposes for the Clean Water Act of 1972, including ...
In January 1993, the U.S. Fish & Wild Life Service (“FWS”) added the delta smelt, a small, silvery b...
In Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife the United States Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit and de...
After the Supreme Court decided Lopez, a number of commentators speculated about its impact on the E...
The federal government has spent the last thirty years regulating activities that affect endangered ...
Environmentalists have been warning of catastrophic climate change for years, often getting only min...
Endangered species protection has long been favored by many Americans, who watched regretfully as th...
This year marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, one of the oldest environmental reg...
This Article investigates how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Serv...
This Comment examines the controversial relationship between the ESA and the Commerce Clause. Part I...
The Lujan decision will be assessed firstly, by summarizing the decision in the Case section of this...