Lincoln-Dodge, Inc. v. Sullivan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

ERNEST C. TORRES, Senior District Judge.

Two automobile manufacturers; two manufacturers’ associations; and a number of Rhode Island automobile dealers brought these consolidated actions for declaratory judgment against the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”) 1 seeking a declaration that Rhode Island Air Pollution Control Regulation 37 (“Regulation 37” or the “Rhode Island regulation”), which sets greenhouse gas emissions standards for new automobiles, is invalid…