Legal Opinion
American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 25, 2013No. 12-1139PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of Congress’s command that the Environmental Protection Agency make predictions about a promising technology. While the program as a whole is plainly intended to promote that technology, we are not convinced that Congress meant for EPA to let that intent color its work as a predictor, to let the wish be father to the thought.
In 2005 and again in 2007, Congress amended the Clean Air Act (“Act”) to establish a renewable fuel standard (“RFS”) program, now codified at 42 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Sierra Club v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, National Coal Association, Alabama Power Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Catawba County v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. National Mediation BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Billings Clinic v. Alex M. Azar IICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Monroe Energy, LLC v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
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