Legal Opinion
Amoco Oil Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 1, 1974No. Nos. 73-1117, 73-1118 and 73-1150PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated cases, many of the nation’s oil companies seek review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives,” 40 C.F.R. Part 80 (1973) (hereinafter Fuel Regulations), promulgated under Sections 211(c) and (d) of the Clean Air' Act.1 The Regulations prohibit use of leaded gasoline in automobiles fitted with “catalytic converter” ‘devices for controlling exhaust emissions and require widespread retail marketing of at least one grade of unleaded gasoline.
Oil refiners have for many years routinely added lead to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Weyerhaeuser Company v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, No. 76-1674Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Ethyl Corp. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Industrial Welfare Commission v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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