Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1991)
- Docket
- 90-1424
- Decided
- 1991-01-01
Summary
Question: Do the respondents have standing to sue? Conclusion: No. Even if the Court were to assume that the agency-funded projects at issue threatened listed species, there was no proof that these actions would produce "actual or imminent" injuries to particular respondents who might some day wish to visit the foreign countries in question. The Court disregarded the proposed theory of "ecosystem nexus" which claimed that any person who used any part of of a "contiguous ecosystem" adversed affected by a funded activity had standing to sue.