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Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc._v._Laidlaw_Environmental_Services
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate
October 12, 1999
gptkbp:citation
528 U.S. 167
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:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:docketNumber
98-822
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc.,_et_al._v._Laidlaw_Environmental_Services_(TOC),_Inc.
gptkbp:heldBy
Plaintiffs had standing to sue under the Clean Water Act for civil penalties for past violations.
Case was not moot despite defendant's compliance after suit was filed.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:legalSubject
gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
standing
gptkbp:location
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc.
gptkbp:priorCourt
gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit
gptkbp:priorCourtDecision
149 F.3d 303 (4th Cir. 1998)
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:environmental_policy
citizen suits
Article III standing
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Joan_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4