Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Thomas
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 22, 1988No. 86 Civ. 0603 (CSH)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
Plaintiff Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (“NRDC”) brings suit pursuant to § 304 1 of the Clean Air Act (“Act”), 2 the so-called “citizen suit” provision of the Act, to compel the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) to add two metals (cadmium and hexavalent chromium) and six organic chemicals (acrylonitrile, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethylene oxide, 1,3-butadiene and ethylene dichloride) (“the pollutants”) to the list of hazardous air pollutants that the EPA is charged with…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Russell E. Train, in His Official Capacity as Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority and Combustion Engineering v. The United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Environmental Defense Fund v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Gissendanner v. MenifeeDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1997
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. LeavittDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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