Legal Opinion
Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 1, 1983No. 82-242PublishedCited by 770 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
In 1979, following a year of study and public comment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated standards limiting the emission of sulfur dioxide by coal-burning powerplants. Both respondents in this case — the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Sierra Club— filed petitions for review of the agency’s action in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. EDF argued that the standards promulgated by the EPA were tainted by the agency’s ex parte contacts with representatives of private industry, while the Sierra Club contended that EPA lacked…
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