Docket nos. 94-859 | End date 1995 | |
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Full case name Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Petitioners v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, et al. Citations 515 U.S. 687 (more)115 S. Ct. 2407 Prior history On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Majority Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer Dissent Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas Similar Tennessee Valley Authority, Palila v Hawaii Departme, Chevron USA - Inc v Natural, Lujan v Defenders of Wildlife, Solid Waste Agency of |
Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, 515 U.S. 687 (1995), is a U.S. Supreme Court case, decided by a 6-3 vote, in which the plaintiffs challenged the Department of Interior's (DOI) interpretation of the word 'harm' in the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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