National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of Interior
United States Supreme Court
538 U.S. 803 (2003)
Relevant factsFree
The National Park Service (defendant) issued a regulation declaring park concession contracts were not "contracts" under the Contract Disputes Act, reversing prior practice; the National Park Hospitality Association (plaintiff), representing park concessioners, sued to challenge the regulation, and lower courts upheld it on the merits before the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether a regulation is ripe for judicial review absent some concrete action applying the regulation to the claimant's specific situation in a way that harms or threatens to harm the claimant.