Legal Opinion

WildEarth Guardians v. Jackson

District Court, N.D. California

Decided May 7, 2012No. Case Nos. 11-cv-5651-YGR, 11-cv-5694-YGRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order Granting Defendant’s Motions to Dismiss Mandatory Duty Claims

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Midwest Environmental Defense, Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians (collectively “Plaintiffs”), filed these now-consolidated actions pursuant to the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(2), to compel Defendant Lisa Jackson, in her official capacity as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), to review and, if necessary, promulgate regulations “to prevent significant deterioration of air quality which would result from the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  2. United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Russello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Sierra Club v. MoserSupreme Court of Kansas · 2013
  2. Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future v. ReganDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2020
  3. WildEarth Guardians v. N.M. Env't Improvement Bd.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2023

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