Legal Opinion

Sierra Club v. KHANJEE HOLDING (US) INC.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 24, 2011No. 09-4008PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This matter comes to us as a successive appeal. The original defendants wanted to build a power plant in southern Illinois. In the first appeal, we concluded that the defendants’ Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) permit, which they needed in order to build the power plant, see 42 U.S.C. § 7475(a), had expired. We therefore held that it was proper for the district court to grant summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Sierra Club and to enjoin the defendants from engaging in further construction activities until they obtained a new permit.

After our ruling,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Ruckelshaus v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Lashawn A. v. Marion S. Barry, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  5. Cheffer v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995

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