Legal Opinion

Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 27, 2016No. 15-20030PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a Clean Air Act (“CAA”) citizen suit brought by Plaintiffs-Appellants Environment Texas Citizen Lobby Incorporated and Sierra Club (“Plaintiffs”) against ExxonMobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, and ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company (collectively, “Exxon”). Exxon owns and operates an industrial complex (which includes a refinery and two petrochemical plants) in Baytown, Texas, and Plaintiffs allege that Exxon violated the federal permits governing operations at the complex thousands of times over a nearly eight year…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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  5. 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

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