Pendulum Swings Back : Standing Doctrine After Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw.

Pendulum Swings Back : Standing Doctrine After Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw.

Reviews Supreme Court treatment of the standing issue--who is a proper party to bring an environmental suit in the federal courts--prior to Laidlaw, describes the Laidlaw litigation, and speculates as to the decision's implications for environmental citizen lawsuits.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Constitutional law.
Pollution.
District courts.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Reviews Supreme Court treatment of the standing issue--who is a proper party to bring an environmental suit in the federal courts--prior to Laidlaw, describes the Laidlaw litigation, and speculates as to the decision's implications for environmental citizen lawsuits.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.