Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 1, 2011No. 10-5280PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
Appellants, nonprofit environmentalist organizations, appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered by the district court in an action against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act, challenging the Administrator’s failure to take action to prevent the construction of three proposed pollution-emitting facilities in Kentucky. The district court held that there was no mandatory duty to act and granted the EPA’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Honig v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by177 opinions
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