Linux, Why can't I write even though I have group permissions?

Question

I want to create a file in a directory owned by the staff group which I am a member of. Why can I not do this?

bmccann@bmccann-htpc:~$ ls -l /usr/local/lib/R/
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Answer 1

I had an issue when a user could not access the /foo/bar/baz directory even when he had permissions because he did not have an access to the bar directory.