Summers v. Earth Island Institute

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
07-463	9th Cir.	Oct 8, 2008	Mar 3, 2009	5-4	Scalia	OT 2008

Issue: Whether a group of environmental organizations had established standing to contest a series of Forest Service regulations, and whether the challenge was ripe for review under the APA.

Judgment: Affirmed in part and reversed in part, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia on March 3, 2009.

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Briefs and Documents

Merit briefs

Brief for Petitioner Priscilla Summers et al.
Brief for Respondent Earth Island Institute et al.
Reply Brief for Petitioner Priscilla Summers et al.

Amicus briefs

Brief for the American Forest & Paper Association, the National Association of Home Builders, the American Farm Bureau Federation, Croplife America, the American Forest Resource Council, the California Forestry Association, and Minnesota Forest Industries in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Douglas Timber Operators, the Montana Logging Association, and the Montana Wood Products Association in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Law Professors in Support of Respondent
Brief for the State of California Ex Rel. Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General in Support of Respondent
Brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Neither Party

Certiorari-stage documents

Opinion below (9th Circuit)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition
Petitioners' reply

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