Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
- Decided
- June 27, 1990
- Docket
- 89-640
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 5,583 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that the summary judgment standard does not require that all ambiguities in the evidence be resolved in favor of the non-moving party — LVRC HOLDINGS LCC v. Brekka (2009)
- holding that plaintiffs challenged an evolving series of agency operations rather than a final agency action — Sierra Forest Legacy v. Sherman (2011)
- holding that under Rule 6(b)(1), “a post-deadline extension ... is permissible only where the failure to meet the deadline was the result of excusable neglect” — Utah Republican Party v. Herbert (2017)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*875] Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case we must decide whether respondent, the National Wildlife Federation (hereinafter respondent), is a proper party to challenge actions of the Federal Government relating to certain public lands.
H — ( Respondent filed this action in 1985 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against petitioners the United States Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the Department. In its amended complaint, respondent alleged that petitioners had violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 90 Stat. 2744, 43 U. S. C. § 1701 et seq. (1982 ed.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 83 Stat. 852, 42 U. S. C. §4321 et seq., and § 10(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U. S. C. §706, in the course of administering what the complaint called the “land withdrawal review program” of the BLM. Some background information concerning that program is necessary to an understanding of this dispute.
Statutes cited
- 43 U.S.C. § 1701
- 42 U.S.C. § 4321
- 5 U.S.C. § 706
- 30 U.S.C. § 22
- 30 U.S.C. § 181
- 43 U.S.C. § 141
- 43 U.S.C. § 315f
- 43 U.S.C. § 1411
- 43 U.S.C. § 1712
- 42 U.S.C. § 4332
And 6 more sections cited in the full opinion.
Cite this
Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation, 497 U.S. 871 (1990)Read the full opinion
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