Lujan, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. National Wildlife Federation et al.

Decided June 27, 1990. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 89-640 · 497 U.S. 871 (1990) · Cited 5,583 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett · 477 U.S. 317 (1986)
• Gardner v. Toilet Goods Assn., Inc. · 387 U.S. 167 (1967)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock · 477 U.S. 274 (1986)
• Toilet Goods Ass'n v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 158 (1967)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• United States v. Diebold, Inc. · 369 U.S. 654 (1962)
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · 391 U.S. 253 (1968)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Messenger v. Anderson · 225 U.S. 436 (1912)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
• Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc. · 509 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Ohio Forestry Assn., Inc. v. Sierra Club · 523 U.S. 726 (1998)
• Wyoming v. Oklahoma · 502 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Biestek v. Berryhill · 587 U.S. 97 (2019)
• Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance · 542 U.S. 55 (2004)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior · 538 U.S. 803 (2003)
• At&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Board · 525 U.S. 366 (1999)
• Weisgram v. Marley Co. · 528 U.S. 440 (2000)
• Trump v. New York · 592 U.S. 125 (2020)
• FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)

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