Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Wheeler
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 14, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16-2461 (TJK)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, United States District Judge
The Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or the "agency") to develop guidelines to regulate solid waste incinerators. It also provides a private right of action to sue EPA to enforce the law's statutory duties that are nondiscretionary. 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(2). Plaintiff Sierra Club brings this lawsuit to compel EPA to comply with three duties related to these guidelines that it asserts are nondiscretionary. Before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. ECF No. 12; ECF No. 13.1 For the reasons…
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- Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Sierra Club v. Andrew WheelerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2020
- Cade v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2024