Skip to main content
DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)

Citation
Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)
Parent Document
Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)
Effective Date
1994-09-12

Other Sections in This Document (40)

Full Text

681 chars
27
We might well adopt a more relaxed standing requirement in cases where we know that some individuals within a large group will suffer an injury, but won't ever be able to identify them with any certainty. One such situation might involve a group of people subjected to an increased risk of cancer because of an agency's decision to site a toxic waste dump near their homes; some people within the group may contract cancer who otherwise would not have, but their identities will always remain a mystery. In such a case, it may make sense to accord standing to everyone in the affected group because the passage of time will not help us identify the injured group more precisely.