Sierra Club v. Morton
The environmental conservation group that filed a lawsuit to stop construction in the valley
What was the Sierra Club?
The organization that built the Tellico Dam
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?
This was the model of the ford that was involved in the accident
What was Ford Pinto?
This entertainment company planned to built a ski resort in Californias Mineral King Valley
What is The Walt Disney Company?
This is a legal decision that serves as an example for future cases
What is a precedent?
The organization that approved the construction of the ski resort
What was the U.S. Forest Service?
The endangered animal that was involved in this case
What was the Snail darter species of fish?
These were the injuries that Grimshaw suffered from the incident with the vehicle
What were the burns and disfigurations
The type of recreational activity center that was meant to be built in the Mineral King Valley
A ski resort
This is efforts aimed at conserving natural resources and protecting ecosystems
What is environmental protection?
The site surrounding the case that was used for mining until the 1920s
What was the Mineral King Valley?
The law student that brought this case to court
Who was Hiram Hill?
Lily Gray and Richard Grimshaw sued for these two reasons
What was negligence and strict liability
The cost of Disney's construction project in Mineral King Valley
$35 Million
This is extra money someone has to pay in court to punish them for unscrupulous behavior
What is the meaning of punitive damages
In Justice Douglass’ dissenting opinion, he stated that the Sierra Club should be allowed to sue on behalf of this
What was the disruption of nature (in the context of the case)?
The argument that centered around this case
Whether completion of the Tellico Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority would violate the Endangered Species Act
This was the amount of money that Grimshaw was awarded
What is 127 million
The head of a government department that was sued in order to block Disney from development of the recreational site on the forest land
The United States Secretary of the Interior
This was the US law that protected endangered and threatened species and their habitats
What was the Endangered Species Act?
The justice who wrote the majority opinion stated that the Sierra Club did not have enough basis upon which to sue.
Who was Justice Potter Stewart?
The Justice who wrote the Majority opinion
Who was Justice dWarren Burger?
The argument of Ford towards it’s punitive damage
Ford argued that the punitive damage was excessive and it didn’t intend to harm anybody when releasing the Ford Pinto
This Supreme Court justice dissented, arguing that nature should have the right to be protected in court
Justice Douglas
This federal law featured in Sierra Club v. Morton, sets the procedures for how federal agencies make rules and regulations.
What was the Administrative Procedure Act?