Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Johnson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 2, 2006No. Civil Action 01-1537(PLF), 01-1548, 01-1558, 01-1569, 01-1578, 01-1582, 01-1597PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This case concerns defendant EPA’s failure to discharge fully its duty under the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments to promulgate regulations governing the discharge of certain hazardous air pollutants. EPA does not deny that it has failed in its duty to promulgate these regulations by the deadlines set in the statute; the only dispute concerns the schedule under which the Court should order EPA to discharge its statutory duty. On March 31, 2006, the court issued an Order denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment; granting plaintiffs motion for summary…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- Appalachian Voices v. McCarthyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Sierra Club v. JacksonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- Sierra Club v. JacksonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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