Friends of the Earth, Inc., et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc.,_et_al._v._Laidlaw_Environmental_Services_(TOC),_Inc.
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate October 12, 1999
gptkbp:citation 528 U.S. 167
120 S. Ct. 693
145 L. Ed. 2d 610
gptkbp:date January 12, 2000
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Laidlaw_Environmental_Services_(TOC),_Inc.
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Thomas
gptkbp:docketNumber 98-822
gptkbp:heldBy Plaintiffs had standing to sue under the Clean Water Act; case was not moot despite defendant's compliance and closure of facility.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Friends of the Earth, Inc., et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Kennedy
gptkb:Stevens
gptkb:O'Connor
gptkb:Breyer
gptkb:Rehnquist
gptkb:Souter
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
standing
mootness
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:environmental_policy
citizen suits
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc._v._Laidlaw_Environmental_Services
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5