National Parks and the Supreme Court : Groundbreaking Legal Battles - Carla Chung Mattix

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National Parks and the Supreme Court

Groundbreaking Legal Battles

By: Carla Chung Mattix

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Paperback | 11 August 2026 | Edition Number 1

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Many Americans revere their national parks as places of natural beauty and cultural significance—but few realize how often these landscapes have been shaped by the courtroom as much as by conservation policy. With more than 3,500 lawsuits involving the National Park Service, litigation has defined, defended, and sometimes even threatened the character of the parks. Without these legal fights, the Gettysburg battlefield might be covered with strip malls and the Grand Canyon reduced to a mining site.

This book examines five landmark Supreme Court cases involving national parks—Gettysburg, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and the National Mall. Each chapter blends legal analysis with historical context, tracing the origins of the parks and the disputes that brought them before the nation's highest court. Spanning nearly a century, these cases reveal how the Court has shaped park policy, land use, Native American rights, water law, and free speech.

Through these pivotal decisions, National Parks and the Supreme Court offers a new lens on the contested terrain of the national parks, where legal, environmental, and cultural values collide. By exploring the courts' influence on public lands, it deepens our understanding of the complexities of managing America's most cherished landscapes.

Industry Reviews

"While there are thousands of books covering every aspect of the national parks, none deal with the specific topic of the book-the key Supreme Court decisions that have shaped the National Park Service. This is a very significant contribution to the literature of the National Park Service, offering careful and complete research, with ample sources." - T. Destry Jarvis, former National Park Service assistant director for External Affairs, co-author of National Parks Forever: Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence

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