Tulare County v. Bush
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
306 F.3d 1138 (2002)
Relevant factsFree
The President (defendant) proclaimed a 327,769-acre Giant Sequoia National Monument under the Antiquities Act, and Tulare County and other users of the land (plaintiffs) sued alleging the proclamation failed to identify objects with reasonable specificity, improperly protected nonqualifying ecosystems and vistas, exceeded the smallest-necessary-area requirement, increased wildfire risk, and unlawfully withdrew land from the national forest system.
IssueFree
Whether the president of the United States has broad discretion to determine what constitutes an object of historic or scientific interest under the Antiquities Act.