The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Case summary: National park GC was managed by agency NPS under a management plan. Agency NPS promulgated a fresh management plan. The proposed plan allowed the use of rafts to be continued in river C, but the number was restricted. The plan received criticisms from environmental groups owing to the fact that too many rafts were still being used. The environmental groups sought to overturn the plan on the ground that the same flouted the wilderness status of park GC.
To find: The circumstances under which the federal court can overrule the adjudication of agency NPS.
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