Thursday, March 14, 3:30-5 pm - Baker Forum on Energy & the Environment
Zyg Plater, Professor, Boston College School of Law
A Jeffersonian Challenge: The Biggest Environmental Law Case in 20th
Century Tennessee…and Where Was the Press? The Little Endangered Snail Darter
versus TVA’s Tellico Dam
It has been 40 years since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed.
Professor Plater tried TVA vs. Hill, the Supreme Court case which first tested the
strength of the ESA. Of particular interest in this talk will be the role of the media
in TVA vs. Hill case.
Co-sponsored by TNSCORE
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