Legal Opinion
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Train
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1977No. 75-978PublishedCited by 297 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Inorganic chemical manufacturing plants operated by the eight petitioners in Nos. 75-978 and 75-1473 discharge various pollutants into the Nation’s waters and therefore are “point sources” within the meaning of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Act), as added and amended by § 2 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 816, 33 U. S. C. § 1251 et seq. (1970 ed., Supp. V). The Environmental Protection Agency 2 has promulgated industrywide regulations imposing three sets of precise limitations on petitioners’ discharges. The first two impose progressively…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Environmental Protection Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Russell E. Train, in His Official Capacity as Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by297 opinions
- Weinberger v. Romero-BarceloSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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