U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
Sep. 18, 2009
Past As Prologue?
Richard Frank of UC Berkeley School of Law says the Supreme Court's handling of environmental cases may mirror the past.
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice, UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recently-concluded term was an extremely active and momentous one for environmental law and policy. The Supreme Court issued 75 full opinions this past year, and five of them-fully 15% of the justices' docket-were environmental cases. As the Supreme Court begins its 2009-10 term, the environment remains prominent on the justices' agenda, with another major environmental case set to be argued this fall, and the potential of more being granted review...
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