Barrett Writes First Supreme Court Major Opinion In Wildlife Protection Case
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers 1st opinionJustice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first Supreme Court majority opinion Thursday, ruling against an environmental group that had sought access to government records.
President Donald Trump’s third nominee wrote for a 7-2 court that certain draft documents do not have to be disclosed under the federal Freedom of Information Act. The case was the first one Barrett heard after joining the court in late October, and it took four months for the 11-page opinion to be released. Two liberal justices, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers first opinion in case involving records disclosureThe Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an environmental group that sued the government for internal studies detailing potential harm to endangered aquatic species in the first major opinion by Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The Sierra Club sued the Obama administration in 2015, arguing the Freedom of Information Act required the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serviceto disclose studies about the biological impact of an Environmental Protection Agency rule outlining how power plants draw water to cool machinery.
The case marked the first time Barrett took part in oral arguments, which...
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Barrett writes first majority opinion, in wildlife protection caseAfter a busy first four months on the Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday wrote her first majority opinion in a case involving the Environmental Protection Agency and Freedom of Information Act requirements.
Barrett's opinion, which was joined by the court's five other conservative members and Justice Elena Kagan, focused on a dispute over the EPA and other environmental agencies and the Sierra Club, an environmental organization seeking to view the agency's consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The court found that the government agencies were...
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