
180 U.S. 379 (1901)
WHELESS
v.
ST. LOUIS et al.
No. 161.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued and submitted January 31, February 1, 1901.
Decided February 25, 1901.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI.
*381 Mr. Joseph Wheless for appellants. Mr. Minor Meriwether was on his brief.
Mr. B. Schnurmacher and Mr. Charles Claflin Allen on behalf of St. Louis and the President of its Board of Public Improvements, and Mr. Edward C. Kehr, on behalf of the Gilsonite Roofing and Paving Company, appellees, filed a brief; but the court declined to hear counsel for appellees.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The bill alleged that defendants were about, under the charter of the city of St. Louis, and the ordinanceIn a breakthrough victory, the Land and Environment court today ruled the NSW Government's land-clearing laws were made unlawfully, and were therefore invalid.

The Nature Conservation Council fought the legislation made by the Berejiklian Government, which had permitted private landholders to carry out large-scale clearing of native vegetation without prior approval or environmental assessment.

CEO Kate Smolski said the government "bungled" the introduction of Native Vegetation Code 2017, claiming the process "demonstrates its careless disregard for nature in NSW".

"Today's ruling is an embarrassing admission of failure by the Berejiklian Government and a great victory for the rule of law and the thousands of people who have supported us in taking this action," Ms Smolski said.

"Premier Berejiklian must act now to prevent further plundering of our forests, woodlands and water supplies