sierra club morton argued november decided april petitioner membership corporation special interest conservation sound maintenance national parks game refuges forests country brought suit declaratory judgment injunction restrain federal officials approving extensive skiing development mineral king valley sequoia national forest petitioner relies administrative procedure act accords judicial review person suffering legal wrong agency action adversely affected aggrieved agency action within meaning relevant statute theory public action involving questions use natural resources petitioner allege challenged development affect club members activities used mineral king maintained project adversely change area aesthetics ecology district granted preliminary injunction appeals reversed holding club lacked standing shown irreparable injury held person standing seek judicial review administrative procedure act show suffered suffer injury whether economic otherwise case petitioner asserted individualized harm members lacked standing maintain action pp affirmed stewart delivered opinion burger white marshall joined douglas post brennan post blackmun post filed dissenting opinions powell rehnquist took part consideration decision case leland selna argued cause petitioner briefs matthew mitchell solicitor general griswold argued cause respondents brief assistant attorney general kashiwa deputy assistant attorney general kiechel william terry bray edmund clark jacques gelin briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed anthony lapham edward lee rogers environmental defense fund george alexander marcel poche national environmental law society bruce terris james moorman wilderness society et al briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed lewis reid calvin baldwin county tulare robert keck american national cattlemen assn et al donald allen far west ski assn et al justice stewart delivered opinion mineral king valley area great natural beauty nestled sierra nevada mountains tulare county california adjacent sequoia national park part sequoia national forest since designated national game refuge special act congress though site extensive mining activity mineral king used almost exclusively recreational purposes relative inaccessibility lack development limited number visitors year time preserved valley quality quasiwilderness area largely uncluttered products civilization forest service entrusted maintenance administration national forests began late give consideration mineral king potential site recreational development prodded rapidly increasing demand skiing facilities forest service published prospectus inviting bids private developers construction operation ski resort also serve summer recreation area proposal walt disney enterprises chosen six bidders disney received permit conduct surveys explorations valley connection preparation complete master plan resort final disney plan approved forest service january outlines million complex motels restaurants swimming pools parking lots structures designed accommodate visitors daily complex constructed acres valley floor use permit forest service facilities including ski lifts ski trails railway utility installations constructed mountain slopes parts valley revocable permit provide access resort state california proposes construct highway miles length section road traverse sequoia national park proposed power line needed provide electricity resort highway power line require approval department interior entrusted preservation maintenance national parks representatives sierra club favor maintaining mineral king largely present state followed progress recreational planning valley close attention increasing dismay unsuccessfully sought public hearing proposed development subsequent correspondence officials forest service department interior expressed club objections disney plan whole particular features included june club filed present suit district northern district california seeking declaratory judgment various aspects proposed development contravene federal laws regulations governing preservation national parks forests game refuges also seeking preliminary permanent injunctions restraining federal officials involved granting approval issuing permits connection mineral king project petitioner sierra club sued membership corporation special interest conservation sound maintenance national parks game refuges forests country invoked provisions administrative procedure act et seq two days hearings district granted requested preliminary injunction rejected respondents challenge sierra club standing sue determined hearing raised questions concerning possible excess statutory authority sufficiently substantial serious justify preliminary injunction respondents appealed appeals ninth circuit reversed respect petitioner standing noted allegation complaint members sierra club affected actions respondents fact actions personally displeasing distasteful concluded believe club concern without showing direct interest constitute standing legal sense sufficient challenge exercise responsibilities behalf citizens two cabinet level officials government acting congressional constitutional authority ii first question presented whether sierra club alleged facts entitle obtain judicial review challenged action whether party sufficient stake otherwise justiciable controversy obtain judicial resolution controversy traditionally referred question standing sue party rely specific statute authorizing invocation judicial process question standing depends upon whether party alleged personal stake outcome controversy baker carr ensure dispute sought adjudicated presented adversary context form historically viewed capable judicial resolution flast cohen however congress authorized public officials perform certain functions according law provided statute judicial review actions certain circumstances inquiry standing must begin determination whether statute question authorizes review behest plaintiff sierra club relies upon administrative procedure act apa provides person suffering legal wrong agency action adversely affected aggrieved agency action within meaning relevant statute entitled judicial review thereof data processing injury claimed petitioners consisted harm competitive position market ruling comptroller currency national banks might perform services customers barlow petitioners tenant farmers claimed certain regulations secretary agriculture adversely affected economic position landlords palpable economic injuries long recognized sufficient lay basis standing without specific statutory provision judicial review thus neither data processing barlow addressed question arisen increasing frequency federal courts recent years must alleged persons claim injury noneconomic nature interests widely shared question presented case iii injury alleged sierra club incurred entirely reason change uses mineral king put attendant change aesthetics ecology area thus referring road built sequoia national park complaint alleged development destroy otherwise adversely affect scenery natural historic objects wildlife park impair enjoyment park future generations question type harm may amount injury fact sufficient lay basis standing apa aesthetic environmental like economic important ingredients quality life society fact particular environmental interests shared many rather make less deserving legal protection judicial process injury fact test requires injury cognizable interest requires party seeking review among injured impact proposed changes environment mineral king fall indiscriminately upon every citizen alleged injury felt directly use mineral king sequoia national park aesthetic recreational values area lessened highway ski resort sierra club failed allege members affected activities pastimes disney development nowhere pleadings affidavits club state members use mineral king purpose much less use way significantly affected proposed actions respondents club apparently regarded allegations individualized injury superfluous theory public action involving questions use natural resources club longstanding concern expertise matters sufficient give standing representative public theory reflects misunderstanding cases involving public actions area administrative law origin theory advanced sierra club may traced dictum radio fcc licensee radio station cincinnati ohio sought stay order fcc allowing another radio station nearby city change frequency increase range discussing power grant stay noted private litigants standing representatives public interest observation describe basis upon appellant allowed obtain judicial review person aggrieved within meaning statute involved case since clearly aggrieved reason economic injury suffer result commission action statement rather directed theory upon congress authorized judicial review commission actions theory described earlier fcc sanders radio station follows congress purpose enacting may opinion one likely financially injured issue license person sufficient interest bring attention appellate errors law action commission granting license within power congress confer standing prosecute appeal trend cases arising apa statutes authorizing judicial review federal agency action toward recognizing injuries economic harm sufficient bring person within meaning statutory language toward discarding notion injury widely shared ipso facto injury sufficient provide basis judicial review noted development approval data processing saying interest alleged injured may reflect aesthetic conservational recreational well economic values broadening categories injury may alleged support standing different matter abandoning requirement party seeking review must suffered injury courts indicated willingness take latter step conferring standing upon organizations demonstrated organizational interest problem environmental consumer protection environmental defense fund hardin app clear organization whose members injured may represent members proceeding judicial review see naacp button mere interest problem matter longstanding interest matter qualified organization evaluating problem sufficient render organization adversely affected aggrieved within meaning apa sierra club large organization historic commitment cause protecting nation natural heritage man depredations special interest subject enough entitle sierra club commence litigation appear objective basis upon disallow suit bona fide special interest organization however small group bona fide special interest initiate litigation difficult perceive individual citizen bona fide special interest also entitled requirement party seeking review must allege facts showing adversely affected insulate executive action judicial review prevent public interests protected judicial process serve least rough attempt put decision whether review sought hands direct stake outcome goal undermined construe apa authorize judicial review behest organizations individuals seek vindicate value preferences judicial process principle sierra club us establish case conclude appeals correct holding sierra club lacked standing maintain action reach questions presented petition intimate view merits complaint judgment affirmed footnotes analyzed district complaint alleged violations law falling four categories first claimed permit construction resort exceeded limitation placed upon permits issuance revocable use permit beyond authority forest service second challenged proposed permit highway sequoia national park grounds highway serve purposes park alleged violation destroy timber natural resources protected third claimed forest service department interior violated regulations failing hold adequate public hearings proposed project finally complaint asserted requires specific congressional authorization permit construction power transmission line within limits national park congress may confer jurisdiction art iii federal courts render advisory opinions muskrat entertain friendly suits johnson resolve political questions luther borden suits character inconsistent judicial function art iii dispute otherwise justiciable question whether litigant proper party request adjudication particular issue flast cohen one within power congress determine cf fcc sanders radio station flast cohen supra harlan dissenting associated industries ickes see generally berger standing sue public actions constitutional requirement yale et seq jaffe citizen litigant public actions ideological plaintiff rev see kansas city power light mckay app ove gustavsson contracting floete duba schuetzle theory legal interest expressed extreme form alabama power ickes see also tennessee electric power tva deciding case reach questions concerning meaning zone interests test possible application facts presented see hardin kentucky utilities chicago atchison fcc sanders radio station supra question standing raised citizens preserve overton park volpe complaint case alleged organizational plaintiff represented members residents memphis tennessee use overton park park land recreation area active since efforts preserve protect overton park park land recreation area reference pleadings sierra club interest dispute contained paragraph complaint reads entirely follows plaintiff sierra club corporation organized operating laws state california principal place business san francisco california since membership club approximately nationally approximately members residing san francisco bay area many years sierra club activities conduct exhibited special interest conservation sound maintenance national parks game refuges forests country regularly serving responsible representative persons similarly interested one principal purposes sierra club protect conserve national resources sierra nevada mountains interests vitally affected acts hereinafter described aggrieved acts defendants hereinafter fully appears approach question standing adopted appeals second circuit citizens committee hudson valley volpe hold therefore public interest environmental resources interest created statutes affecting issuance permit legally protected interest affording plaintiffs responsible representatives public standing obtain judicial review agency action alleged contravention public interest statute involved communications act stat much clear citation fcc sanders radio station basis standing competitive injury appellee suffered licensing another radio station listening area distinction standing initiate review proceeding standing assert rights public third persons proceeding properly initiated discussed davis administrative law treatise see environmental defense fund hardin app interest health affected decision secretary agriculture refusing suspend registration certain pesticides containing ddt office communication church christ fcc app interest television viewers programing local station licensed fcc scenic hudson preservation conf fpc interests aesthetics recreation orderly community planning affected fpc licensing hydroelectric project reade ewing interest consumers oleomargarine fair labeling product regulated federal security administration crowther seaborg supp interest health safety persons residing near site proposed atomic blast see citizens committee hudson valley volpe supra environmental defense fund corps engineers supp izaak walton league clair supp see also scenic hudson preservation conf fpc supra order insure federal power commission adequately protect public interest aesthetic conservational recreational aspects power development activities conduct exhibited special interest areas must held included class aggrieved parties federal power act reply brief noting fact might chosen assert individualized injury members basis standing sierra club government seeks create heads win tails lose situation either courthouse door barred lack assertion private unique injury preliminary injunction denied ground litigant advanced private injury warrant injunction adverse competing public interest counsel shaped case avoid trap every schoolboy may familiar alexis de tocqueville famous observation written carcely political question arises resolved sooner later judicial question democracy america less familiar however de tocqueville observation judicial review effective largely available simply behest partisan faction exercised remedy particular concrete injury seen also leaving private interest censure law intimately uniting trial law trial individual legislation protected wanton assaults daily aggressions party spirit errors legislator exposed meet real want always positive appreciable fact must serve basis prosecution mr share views brother blackmun reverse judgment critical question standing simplified also put neatly focus fashioned federal rule allowed environmental issues litigated federal agencies federal courts name inanimate object despoiled defaced invaded roads bulldozers injury subject public outrage contemporary public concern protecting nature ecological equilibrium lead conferral standing upon environmental objects sue preservation see stone trees standing toward legal rights natural objects cal rev suit therefore properly labeled mineral king morton inanimate objects sometimes parties litigation ship legal personality fiction found useful maritime purposes corporation sole creature ecclesiastical law acceptable adversary large fortunes ride cases ordinary corporation person purposes adjudicatory processes whether represents proprietary spiritual aesthetic charitable causes respects valleys alpine meadows rivers lakes estuaries beaches ridges groves trees swampland even air feels destructive pressures modern technology modern life river example living symbol life sustains nourishes fish aquatic insects water ouzels otter fisher deer elk bear animals including man dependent enjoy sight sound life river plaintiff speaks ecological unit life part people meaningful relation body water whether fisherman canoeist zoologist logger must able speak values river represents threatened destruction know mineral king never seen traveled though seen articles describing proposed development notably hano protectionists recreationists battle mineral king times browning mickey mouse mountains harper march sierra club complaint alleges ne principal purposes sierra club protect conserve national resources sierra nevada mountains district held uncontested allegation made sierra club sufficiently aggrieved standing sue behalf mineral king mineral king doubtless like wonders sierra nevada tuolumne meadows john muir trail hike fish hunt camp frequent visit merely sit solitude wonderment legitimate spokesmen whether may many intimate relation inanimate object injured polluted otherwise despoiled legitimate spokesmen solicitor general whose views subject appendix opinion takes wholly different approach considers problem terms government judiciary respect problem make certain inanimate objects core america beauty spokesmen destroyed course true control federal state agency standards given agencies usually expressed terms public interest yet public interest many differing shades meaning quite meaningless environmental front congress accordingly adopted ecological standards national environmental policy act pub stat et guidelines agency action provided council environmental quality russell train chairman see fed reg yet pressures agencies favorable action one way enormous suggestion congress stop action undesirable true theory yet even congress remote give meaningful direction machinery ponderous use often federal agencies speak venal corrupt notoriously control powerful interests manipulate advisory committees friendly working relations natural affinity agency time develops regulator regulated early attorney general olney predicted regulatory agencies might become illustrated forecast concerning interstate commerce commission commission made great use railroads satisfies popular clamor government supervision railroads time supervision almost entirely nominal older commission gets inclined found take business railroad view things josephson politicos forest service one federal agencies behind scheme despoil mineral king notorious alignment lumber companies although mandate congress directs consider various aspects multiple use supervision national forests voice inanimate object therefore stilled mean judiciary takes managerial functions federal agency merely means priceless bits americana valley alpine meadow river lake forever lost transformed reduced eventual rubble urban environment voice existing beneficiaries environmental wonders heard perhaps win perhaps bulldozers progress plow aesthetic wonders beautiful land present question sole question standing heard hike appalachian trail sunfish pond new jersey camp sleep run allagash maine climb guadalupes west texas canoe portage quetico superior minnesota certainly standing defend natural wonders courts agencies though live miles away merely caught environmental news propaganda flock defend waters areas may treated differently environmental issues tendered inanimate object assurances forms life represents stand pileated woodpecker well coyote bear lemmings well trout streams inarticulate members ecological group speak people frequented place know values wonders able speak entire ecological community ecology reflects land ethic aldo leopold wrote sand country almanac land ethic simply enlarges boundaries community include soils waters plants animals collectively land see issue standing present case controversy appendix opinion douglas dissenting far know case yet decided holds plaintiff merely asserts quote complaint interest widely affected nd aggrieved acts defendant standing raise legal questions courts exist decide legal questions impartial learned agencies governmental system many questions must decided courts courts decide question citizen wants raise tenor argument indicates raises think true question perhaps somewhat novel question separation powers government judiciary government three branches intended broad effective powers subject checks balances litigable cases courts great authority founders also intended congress wide powers executive branch wide powers officers great responsibilities less sworn members uphold constitution submit really lies behind standing doctrine embodied cryptic words case controversy article iii constitution analytically one system government every legal question arising core government decided courts submit good system important system ordained established constitution understood nearly years past years great shift decision legal questions governmental operations courts result continuous whittling away numerous doctrines established years designed minimize number governmental questions responsibility courts consider already mentioned ancient case controversy early relied prevent presentation feigned issues many doctrines go detail reviewability justiciability sovereign immunity mootness various aspects statutes limitations laches jurisdictional amount real party interest various questions relation joinder headings limitations previously existed minimize number questions decided courts broken varying degrees might also mention explosive development class actions thrown issues courts standing case find difficult think legal issue arising government await one decisions administrator sworn uphold law take action sure good government sure good courts find sure kind allocation governmental power tripartite constitutional system contemplated founders suggest administrators act whim without check contrary area subject continuous check congress congress stop development time wants see generally data processing service camp barlow collins flast cohen see also justice brennan separate opinion barlow collins supra issue statutory standing aside doubt exists injury fact aesthetic conservational interests sufficiently threatened satisfy clause data processing service camp supra rem actions brought adjudicate libelants interests vessels well known admiralty gilmore black law admiralty admiralty also permits salvage action brought name rescuing vessel camanche wall collision litigation ship may counterclaim name gylfe trujillo case law personified vessels ship born launched lives long identity preserved prior launching mere congeries wood iron baptism launching receives name moment keel touches water transformed acquires personality tucker alexandroff common law officeholder priest king successors constituted corporation sole legal entity distinct personality managed rights duties deemed adhere device rather order provide continuity latter retired notion occasionally revived american courts reid barry discussed recent cases rev note rev see generally fletcher cyclopedia law private corporations potter law corporations early jurists considered conventional corporation highly artificial entity lord coke opined corporation creation rests intendment consideration law case sutton hospital eng chief justice marshall added device artificial invisible intangible existing contemplation law trustees dartmouth college woodward wheat today suits names corporations taken granted although past mineral king valley annually supplied simpler rustic forms recreation hiking camping skiing without lifts forest service invited developers submit proposals improve valley resort use walt disney productions competition transformed service idea mammoth project times originally proposed dimensions example forest service prospectus called investment least million sleeping capacity least disney spend million bed persons disney also plans parking structure two supplemental lots automobiles restaurants ski lifts service annual license revenue hitched disney profits disney projections valley forced accommodate tourist population twice dense yosemite valley busy day although disney bought much private land near project another commercial firm plans transform adjoining parcel piggyback resort complex adding volume human activity valley must endure see generally note mineral king valley shall watch watchmen rutgers rev thar gold hills nation general critique mass recreation enclaves national forests see christian science monitor western michael frome cautions national forests fragile deteriorate rapidly excessive recreation use trampling effect alone eliminates vegetative growth creating erosion water runoff problems concentration people particularly horse parties excessively steep slopes follow old indian cattle routes torn landscape high sierras california sent tons wilderness soil washing downstream year frome forest service federal budget annually includes million underwriting advisory committees attached various regulatory agencies groups almost exclusively composed industry representatives appointed president cabinet members although public members may committees rarely asked serve senator lee metcalf warns industry advisory committees exist inside important federal agencies even offices legally function purely kibitzer practice many become internal lobbies printing industry handouts government printing office taxpayers money even influencing policies industry committees perform dual function stopping government finding corporations time helping corporations get inside information government sometimes company sits advisory council obstructs turns government questionnaire precisely company withholding information government needs order enforce law metcalf vested oracles industry regulates government washington monthly july proceedings conducted senator metcalf exposing relationships see hearings subcommittee intergovernmental relations senate committee government operations sess hearings subcommittee intergovernmental relations senate committee government operations sess web spun administrative agencies industry representatives depend course solely upon advisory committees effectiveness see elman administrative reform federal trade commission geo johnson new fidelity regulatory ideal geo berkman viscusi damming west ralph nader study group report bureau reclamation fellmeth interstate commerce omission ralph nader study group report interstate commerce commission transportation passim turner chemical feast ralph nader study group report food protection food drug administration passim massel regulatory process law contemp prob landis report regulatory agencies forest reserve act stat imposed upon secretary interior duty preserve national forests destruction regulating occupancy use duties powers transferred forest service created within department agriculture act stat phrase occupancy use cornerstone concept multiple use national forests policy uses logging also taken consideration managing national forests policy made explicit act stat provides competing considerations include outdoor recreation range timber watershed wildlife fish purposes forest service influenced powerful logging interests however paid lip service mandate auctioned away millions timberland acres without considering environmental conservational interests importance national forests construction logging industries results type lumber grown therein well suited builders needs example western acreage produces douglas fir structural support ponderosa pine plywood lamination order preserve total acreage maturity timber annual size forest service harvest supposedly equated expected yearly reforestation nonetheless yearly cuts increased billion board feet billion forestry professionals challenge service explanation harvest increase really overcutting instead resulted improved management timberlands improved management answer critics euphemism exaggerated regrowth forecasts service times recent rises lumber prices caused new round industry pressure auction federally owned timber see wagner resources conservationists head new battle government timber national aside issue much timber cut annually another crucial question lumber harvested despite much criticism forest service adhered policy permitting logging companies clearcut tracts auctioned acreage clearcutting somewhat analogous strip mining indiscriminate complete shaving earth trees regardless size age often across hundreds contiguous acres clearcutting senator gale mcgee leading antagonist forest service policy complains forest service management policies wreaking havoc environment soil eroding reforestation neglected ignored streams silting clearcutting remains basic practice times adds wyoming forest service much nursemaid lumber industry hearings management practices public lands subcommittee public lands senate committee interior insular affairs pt senator jennings randolph offers similar criticism leveling lumber companies large portions monongahela national forest west virginia see also cong rec reprinted speech jennings randolph concerning forest service policy monongahela national forest investigate similar controversy surrounding service management bitterroot national forest montana senator lee metcalf recently asked forestry professionals university montana study local harvesting practices faculty group concluded public dissatisfaction arisen forest service overriding concern sawtimber production insensitivity related forest uses public interest environmental values doc see also behan timber mining accusation prospect american forests additional comments faculty participant reich public nation forests rev former secretary interior walter hickel similarly faulted clearcutting excusable harvesting practice large lumber corporations hickel owns america see also risser forest service smokey strip miners washington monthly least one forest service study team shares criticisms clearcutting dept agriculture forest management wyoming see also public land law review report president congress chapman effects logging upon fish resources west coast forestry third category criticism results service huge backlog delayed reforestation projects true congress underfunded replanting programs service also true service lumber companies regularly ensured congress fully funds budgets requested forest service timber sales management frome environment timber resources ahead public lands pyles ed permitting appoint representative inanimate object significantly different customary judicial appointments guardians ad litem executors conservators receivers counsel indigents values ride decisions present one often appreciated even experts teaspoon living earth contains million bacteria million fungi one million protozoa algae living human predict vital miracles may locked dab life stupendous reservoir genetic materials evolved continuously since dawn earth example molds existed earth billion years century unlock secret penicillins tetracyclines antibiotics lowly molds thus fashion powerful effective medicines ever discovered man medical scientists still wince thought might inadvertently wiped rhesus monkey medically important research animal earth knows revelations might lie cells blackback gorilla nesting eyrie moment virunga mountains rwanda might learned european lion first species formally noted extinct romans species gone gone forever nature genetic chain billions years making broken time conserve water land life germany mountain called spessart south slope bears magnificent oaks world american cabinetmakers want last word quality use spessart oak north slope better bears indifferent stand scotch pine slopes part state forest managed equally scrupulous care two centuries difference kick litter oaks see leaves rot almost fast fall pines though needles pile thick duff decay much slower middle ages south slope preserved deer forest hunting bishop north slope pastured plowed cut settlers woodlots wisconsin iowa today period abuse north slope replanted pines period abuse something happened microscopic flora fauna soil number species greatly reduced digestive apparatus soil lost parts two centuries conservation sufficed restore losses required modern microscope century research soil science discover existence small cogs wheels determine harmony disharmony men land spessart senator cranston introduced bill establish pupfish national monument honor pupfish one inch long useless man sess small eat unfit home aquarium michael frome said still agree senator cranston saving pupfish symbolize appreciation diversity god tired old biosphere qualities hold together interaction life forms fishermen rise save pupfish save world well field stream tr oral arg justice brennan dissenting agree sierra club standing reasons stated brother blackmun alternative dissent therefore reach merits since however simply note agreement brother blackmun merits substantial justice blackmun dissenting opinion practical one espousing adhering traditional notions standing somewhat modernized data processing service camp barlow collins flast cohen ordinary case join opinion judgment quite content ordinary litigation case poses choose acknowledge reach significant aspects wide growing disturbing problem nation world deteriorating environment resulting ecological disturbances must law rigid procedural concepts inflexible render helpless existing methods traditional concepts quite fit prove entirely adequate new issues ultimate result decision today fear sadly complex times greater forest service suggested minimum hastily proceed completion serious opposition recede discouragement mineral king area great natural beauty nestled sierra nevada mountains use words become defaced least part like many areas cease uncluttered products civilization believe come district although accepted standing sierra club granted preliminary injunctive relief reversed appeals upholds reversal reversal interim relief district question permanent injunction becomes unlikely sierra club may choose amend complaint desire may late date granted permission pressure get project way mount way prospect bringing halt grow dim reasons economic stopping project tendency multiply irreparable harm largely inflicted earlier stages construction development rather pursue course chosen take affirmance judgment appeals adopt one two alternatives reverse judgment instead approve judgment district recognized standing sierra club granted preliminary relief willing condition sierra club forthwith amend complaint meet specifications prescribes standing sierra club fails refuses take step case collapse amend merits trial ante clearly reveals issues merits substantial deserve resolution assay new ground crucial future mineral king raise important ramifications quality country public land management pose propriety dual permit device means avoiding recreation resort limitation imposed congress issue apparently never litigated clearly substantial light congressional expansion limitation arguably put teeth old unrealistic limitation fact concern propriety permit consistency entire enormous development statutory purposes sequoia game refuge valley part context particular development substantial questions raised use national park area disney purposes new high speed road power line serve complex lack compliance existing administrative regulations also charged issues shallow perfunctory alternatively permit imaginative expansion traditional concepts standing order enable organization sierra club possessed pertinent bona fide attributes purposes area environment litigate environmental issues incursion upon tradition need extensive certainly cause alarm progressive decision data processing need recognize interest one provable sincere dedicated established status need fear pandora box opened limit number desire participate environmental litigation courts exercise appropriate restraints exercised past suspected years ago concepts standing enunciated data processing barlow measure today justice douglas eloquent opinion imaginatively suggested another means one way obvious appropriate limitations standing read written makes one addition customary criteria existence genuine dispute assurance adversariness conviction party whose standing challenged adequately represent interests asserts litigant one speaks knowingly environmental values asserts make two passing references first relates disney figures presented us complex notes accommodate visitors day overnight employees restaurants ski lifts state california proposed build new road hammond mineral king road extent miles traverse sequoia national park two lanes occasional passing areas capable said accommodating vehicles per hour peak per hour told state agreed seek improvement road access park assume daily visitors come automobile rather helicopter bus known unknown means visiting automobile carries four passengers assumption sure far optimistic visitors move vehicles confine movement think properly may mountain area hours daily automobiles pass given point road rate per hour amounts five vehicles per minute average one every seconds frequency increased one every six seconds necessary return traffic along road considered include service vehicles employees cars way perpetuate wilderness beauty solitude quiet second relates fairly obvious fact resident mineral king area real user unlikely adversary project naturally inclined regard situation one benefit economically fishing camping guiding handyman general outdoor prowess perhaps find early ready market among visitors glow anticipation best true lover wilderness likely near mineral king first place long yearns good old days masses people influx per day thus far uncontrollable waste unknown mineral king need indication proof means area longer one great natural beauty one uncluttered products civilization rendered helpless consider evaluate allegations challenges kind procedural limitations rooted traditional concepts standing suspect may result today holding points ante federal tribunals felt confined join progressive holdings chooses conclude opinion reference de tocqueville environmental context personally prefer older particularly pertinent observation warning john donne environmental defense fund hardin app citizens committee hudson valley volpe cert denied scenic hudson preservation conf fpc izaak walton league clair supp environmental defense fund corps engineers supp dc environmental defense fund corps engineers supp ed ark sierra club hardin supp alaska upper pecos assn stans supp mex cape may county chapter izaak walton league macchia supp see national automatic laundry cleaning council shultz app west virginia highlands conservancy island creek coal environmental defense fund hew app honchok hardin supp md man iland intire itselfe every man peece continent part maine clod bee washed away sea europe lesse well promontorie well mannor thy friends thine owne man death diminishes involved mankinde therefore never send know 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