Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife v. Jackson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 18, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2010-1915PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club filed a complaint against the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a)(2), to compel the EPA to revise certain regulations governing wastewater discharges from power plants, and they simultaneously filed a proposed consent decree resolving the complaint. The Utility Water Act Group (“UWAG”), a trade organization whose members include hundreds of electric power companies, seeks to intervene as a defendant under…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Bennett v. SpearSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by21 opinions
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