Legal Opinion
American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1981No. 76-4497, 79-1829 and 79-2944PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
In this Battle of Acronyms, the American Petroleum Institute (API) takes the field against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protest its actions with regard to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for oil and gas installations employing best practicable control technology currently available (BPT). At one end of the battleground stands the arm of the federal government charged with the protection of our environment, surrounded by a phalanx of regulations. Arrayed against it stands API, a trade organization that represents the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Environmental Protection Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. DonovanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Russell E. Train, in His Official Capacity as Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- In the Matter of Bell Petroleum Services, Inc., Debtor. United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Sequa Corporation and Chromalloy American Corp., United States of America v. Bell Petroleum Services, Inc., Regal International, Inc. And John R. Leigh, Sequa Corporation and Chromalloy American Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Patricia Ann Thomas Jackson v. Tommy Herring, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter v. Cedar Point Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Sequa Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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