Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 27, 1990No. Nos. 88-1816, 88-1831PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
In November 1987, General Motors (“GM”) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) to amend the statutorily-imposed fuel economy standard for passenger cars manufactured in model year (“MY”) 1985. Several months earlier, Mercedes-Benz of North America (“MBNA”) had petitioned NHTSA for rulemaking to amend both the MYs 1984 and 1985 standards for passenger cars.
NHTSA denied both petitions, concluding that retroactive amendments, i.e., amendments made after the beginning of the model year in question,…
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