184:. The initial attempt to hire a lawyer was difficult, as they were often denied on the ground that it was impossible to "win against the government". However they eventually hired a local attorney who was interested in their devotion to biodynamic farming. Their initial injunction was denied, with the judge claiming the evidence provided did not demonstrate the dangers of DDT. The plaintiffs then brought a lawsuit to the US Federal Court in Brooklyn NY, after amassing more data and expert witnesses. Beginning on February 10, 1958, the suit was brought against the United States Government attempting to permanently halt the federal and state government form spraying their properties, and for damages. For Spock, the concern was for people’s health and the constitutional right for a property owner to manage her land free of government infringement.
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The federal judge dismissed 72 uncontested admissions for the plaintiffs and denied their petition. After three years of exhausting all legal appeals the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1960, however it was declined on a technicality. The plaintiffs lost the case but won the right to
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With their crops, soil and livestock destroyed, Spock and
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Marjorie Spock was born the second child and the first daughter of six children. Her father
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heard of Spock's case and soon got the daily reports. Carson used the testimony from the experts that Spock had found in her own research. Spock's case, along with a massive bird kill on
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foods, as well as a leader in the development of community building techniques for the
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the government, prior to a potentially destructive environmental activity, to provide a full scientific review of the proposed action. With this right to
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