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SIERRA CLUB v. MORTON

No. 70-34.

405 U.S. 727 (1972)

92 S.Ct. 1361

31 L.Ed.2d 636

SIERRA CLUB v. MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland R. Selna, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Matthew P. Mitchell.

Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Kashiwa, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kiechel, William Terry Bray, Edmund B. Clark, and Jacques B. Gelin.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Anthony A. Lapham and Edward Lee Rogers for the Environmental Defense Fund; by George J. Alexander and Marcel B. Poche for the National Environmental Law Society; and by Bruce J. Terris and James W. Moorman for the Wilderness Society et al.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by E. Lewis Reid and Calvin E. Baldwin for the County of Tulare; by Robert C. Keck for the American National Cattlemen's Assn. et al.; and by Donald R. Allen for the Far West Ski Assn. et al.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

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The Mineral King Valley is an area of great natural beauty nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Tulare County, California, adjacent to Sequoia National Park. It has been part of the Sequoia National Forest since 1926, and is designated as a national game refuge by special Act of Congress.1 Though once the site of extensive mining activity, Mineral King is now used...

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