Legal Opinion

Sierra Club v. Two Elk Generation Partners, Ltd. Partnership

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided May 31, 2011No. 10-8032PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Sierra Club filed this action on January 29, 2009 under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(3), alleging that Defendant-Appellee Two Elk Generation Partners (“Two Elk”) is attempting to build a coal-fired power plant (“Power Plant”) with an invalid Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) permit in violation of the CAA.1 The district court granted Two Elk’s motion to dismiss, hold*1261ing that Sierra Club’s suit was barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. University of Tennessee v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. Thiebaut v. Colorado Springs UtilitiesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  4. District of Columbia v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. Lane v. Barney (In re Lane)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 2016

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