Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Department of Energy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 6, 1985No. Nos. 83-2066, 84-5671PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge.
In 1982, Congress adopted a comprehensive statutory response to problems spawned by nuclear wastes generated by nuclear power plants in the production of electricity. These consolidated cases raise a single issue of statutory interpretation under that statute, the Nuclear Waste Poli*129cy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. §§ 10101 et seq. (1982). That statute, among other things, establishes a system of fees to be levied on utilities which generate nuclear power in order to finance the establishment and operation of a fund to pay for…
2Cases cited16 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
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Camp v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth Edison Co. v. United States Department of Energy and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Herbert v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- Formula v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Duquesne Light Company, and Ohio Edison Company v. United States Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Global Van Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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