Court Opinion

ID: 9425356
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:14:30.250517+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:54.700935
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Mr. Justice Blackmun,
with whom Mr. Justice Brennan joins, concurring.
I join the Court’s judgment and its opinion, but because of the presence of the first sentence of Part III of the opinion, and to avoid any misunderstanding as to my posture, I add a few words.
For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U. S. 727, 755 (1972), I would hold that the appellees here have standing to maintain this action based on their allegations of harm to the environment resulting from the Commission’s order of April 24, 1972. And, in evaluating whether in-junctive relief is warranted, I would not require that the appellees, in their individual capacities, prove that they in fact were injured. Rather, I would require only that appellees, as responsible and sincere representatives of environmental interests, show that the environment would be injured in fact and that such injury would be irreparable and substantial.