High Court backs Army on ecology ruling in Tampa Bay case
The Supreme Court declined to disturb a lower court ruling that grants Army engineers broad power to block private coastal development to protect fish and wildlife. Florida developers seeking to build an island in Tampa Bay argued permits must involve navigation. the appeals court upheld the Ecology ruling, setting a legal stance used by conservationists. In other actions, the Court agreed to hear next term a challenge to an obscenity ruling on Language of Love, and to decide on union bargaining rights for retiree benefits, while turning down a free speech appeal by Grinnell students.