Legal Opinion
Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc. v. Wheeler
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 21, 2019No. 18cv613PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, Senior United States District Judge
The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (the "NRDC") brings claims under the Administrative Procedure Act (the "APA") to challenge the issuance of a directive by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA"), which purportedly purges the EPA's advisory committees of scientists from academic and non-profit backgrounds in favor of those from industries the EPA regulates (the "Directive"). The EPA moves, as a threshold matter, to dismiss the NRDC's claims on jurisdictional grounds under Rule 12(b)(1) of the…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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