In 1972, an environmental legal case involving Disney was taken to the Supreme Court. The case of Sierra Club v Morton began when The Mineral King Valley was still an undeveloped part of the Sequoia National Forest. With thoughts of profits on their mind, Disney wanted to build a ski resort on untouched land in the National Forest. Although Disney won the legal case, after doing research on the lasting, negative effects they would have on the land, the company decided not to move forward with a project that was worth millions of dollars. The ongoing struggles to fight for inanimate objects such as the land in question brought light to a sensitive subject; what if nature itself had legal rights? This work will combine rulings from the Sierra Club v Morton lawsuit and professional opinions along with factual information that shows that humankind should examine what it would mean to give legal rights to the natural environment.