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SUMMERS v. EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE

No. 07-463.

129 S.Ct. 1142 (2009)

555 U.S. 488

173 L.Ed.2d 1

Priscilla SUMMERS, et al., Petitioners, v. EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Gregory G. Garre, Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Scott L. Nelson, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Matt Kenna, Western Environmental Law Center, Counsel of Record, Durango, CO, for Respondents.

Marc L. Kesselman, General Counsel, Thomas Millet, Associate General Counsel, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Malcolm L. Stewart, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Katherine W. Hazard, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Respondents are a group of organizations dedicated to protecting the environment. (We will refer to them collectively as "Earth Island.") They seek to prevent the United States Forest Service from enforcing regulations that exempt small fire-rehabilitation and timber-salvage projects from the notice...

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