Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon
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Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, 515 U.S. 687 (1995), is a US Supreme Court case, decided by a 6–3 vote, in which the plaintiffs challenged the Interior Department's interpretation of the word "harm" in the Endangered Species Act (ESA).[1][2]
Quick Facts Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, Argued April 17, 1995 Decided June 29, 1995 ...
Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon | |
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Argued April 17, 1995 Decided June 29, 1995 | |
Full case name | Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Petitioners v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, et al. |
Docket no. | 94-859 |
Citations | 515 U.S. 687 (more) 115 S. Ct. 2407; 132 L. Ed. 2d 597; 1995 U.S. LEXIS 4463 |
Case history | |
Prior | Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Or. v. Lujan, 806 F. Supp. 279 (D.D.C. 1992); affirmed sub. nom., Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Or. v. Babbitt, 1 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 1993); reversed on petition for rehearing, 17 F.3d 1463 (D.C. Cir. 1994); cert. granted, 513 U.S. 1072 (1995). |
Subsequent | District Court affirmed on remand, Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Or. v. Babbitt, 70 F.3d 638 (D.C. Cir. 1995). |
Holding | |
The Secretary's definition of harm, within the meaning of the Endangered Species Act defines take, as including "significant habitat modification or degradation that actually kills or injures wildlife," was reasonable. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Concurrence | O'Connor |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
Endangered Species Act |
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