Sive, David

Dates:
Birth 1922-09-22
Death 2014-03-12
Gender:
Male
English,

Biographical notes:

David Sive, a New York attorney, was partner in the law firms Sive, Paget & Riesel, PC, and subsequently in Winer, Neuberger & Sive, PC. He was a pioneer in the new field of environmental litigation in the 1960s, usually representing environmental groups in their attempts to enforce newly-enacted environmental laws and regulations and to protect wilderness areas from damage as the result of construction and industrial and nuclear accidents.

From the description of The David Sive Archive: Pioneering Environmental Litigation, 1962-1992. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155421545

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Subjects:

  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Environmentalists
  • Environmental law
  • Hudson River (N.Y.)
  • Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • Hydroelectric power plants
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Nuclear submarines
  • Toxic torts
  • Toxic torts
  • Trident (Weapons system)
  • Trident (Weapons systems)
  • Trident (Weapons systems)

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Storm King (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Springfield (Union County, N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Edgewood Lakes (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Lake Minnewaska (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Storm King Mountain (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Ossining (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Bergen County (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Lake Wineta (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Lake George (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Morris Plains (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Hopewell Township (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New Windsor (N.Y.:Town) (as recorded)
  • Rochester (N.Y.:Town) (as recorded)
  • Mohonk Lake (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Franklin Lakes (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Tarrytown (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Pequannock (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Amchitka Island (Alaska) (as recorded)
  • Bethel (Conn.) (as recorded)
  • Lake Champlain (Vt.) (as recorded)
  • Newburgh (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New Jersey (as recorded)
  • Stewart Airport (Newburgh, N.Y.) (as recorded)

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