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OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, INC. v. SIERRA CLUB, et al.

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1998
Decided: May 18, 1998
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, INC. v. SIERRA CLUB, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1998. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
Petitioner: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Environmental organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 523 U.S. 726
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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