Summers v. Earth Island Inst.

ELR Citation: ELR 20047
No(s). 07-463 (U.S. Mar 3, 2009)

The U.S. Supreme Court held that environmental groups lack standing to challenge U.S. Forest Service regulations exempting certain land management activities from the agency's review process absent a live dispute over the concrete application of those regulations. The regulations exempt small fire-r...