Environmental Law articles from September 1996

Environmental Law archives from September 1996

Andrea Swanner Redding. (director of Lewis & Clark College's Northwestern School of Law Career Services)
September 22, 1996... Andrea Swanner Redding, the Assistant Dean for Career Services at our law school, died on April 8, 1996. It was an unexpected death. Even several months later it is difficult to believe that Andrea is gone. We depended upon Andrea for so many...

In memoriam: Edmund Sixtus Muskie.
September 22, 1996... When Ed Muskie passed away in late March, this nation lost a true leader and a great American. His keen ability for politics combined with his zeal for life made him one of the finest public officials ever to represent the interests of both the...

Environmental scholarship for a new millennium.
September 22, 1996... ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM: We are here tonight to celebrate the work accomplished by last year's law review staff and to inspire the new staff members for their work ahead. In the spirit of this occasion I would like...

Residents at risk: wildlife and the Bureau of Land Management's planning process.
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION We are talking about Bureau of Land Management lands. We are not talking about Forest Service. We are not talking about wilderness.... These are low production lands. These are not national parks. These are very low...

Multilateral environmental agreements and the GATT: conflict and resolution?
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION International trade increasingly is making human society economically and socially interdependent. A Chevrolet, the quintessential American automobile, may contain predominately Japanese parts, and the design of the...

Unleashing the rule of lenity: environmental enforcers beware!
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION The rule of lenity has long provided American courts with a means for resolving ambiguity in criminal statutes. With its origin in the common law, the rule protects criminal defendants by requiring courts to strictly...

1995 Ninth Circuit environmental review. (includes case summaries, 3 articles, and an index of cases and statutes)
September 22, 1996... Editor Scott Kerin Kathleen C. Becker National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Forests, Constitutional Challenges David A. Christensen Clean Air Act, Water Quality, Constitutional Challenges Karla A. Raetig Hazardous...

Warrantless administrative searches under environmental laws: the limits to EPA inspectors' statutory invitation.(1995 Ninth Circuit Environmental Review)
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens' privacy from unreasonable searches and seizures that are unsupported by a warrant based on probable cause.(1) As a general rule, a warrantless inspection...

When plain language may not be plain: whether CERCLA's preclusion of pre-enforcement judicial review is limited to actions under CERCLA.(1995 Ninth Circuit Environmental Review)
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION During the past three decades, Congress has passed numerous laws designed to meet a variety of environmental problems. The same environmental problem may be subject to several different statutes dictating conflicting...

Environmental citizen suits and the zone of interest test.(1995 Ninth Circuit Environmental Review)(Case Note)
September 22, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION Like most environmental protection statutes,(1) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)(2) contains a provision allowing "any person" to bring suit to enjoin an alleged violation of the Act.(3 )What appears to be a clear...