Legal Opinion
Nance v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1981No. Nos. 77-3058, 77-3301, 77-3305, 77-3356, 77-3374 and 79-7261PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, petitioners challenge the approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe’s redesignation of its reservation from Class II to Class I air quality standards. The major issue presented can be rather simply described. When an agency takes administrative action expressly on the then correct assumption that the action will not affect the rights of various parties, some of whom actively intervene in the proceedings, and immediately after such action becomes final a law is passed which causes the administrative action to have a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Ute Indian Tribe v. State of UtahDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1981
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