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EDS Cases In The Supreme Court

Waterfall at Yosemite National Park.  Courtesy of Jeff Bank (DOJ/ENRD/EO)

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Since the creation of the Environmental Defense Section in 1981, a number of the Section's cases have gone all the way to the United States Supreme Court and have served as vehicles for the resolution of significant issues in environmental and administrative law. Click the link to read more about each case:
Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, 134 S. Ct. 2427 (2014)
EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., 134 S. Ct. 1584 (2014)
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 132 S.Ct. 1367 (2012)
Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. 556 U.S. 208 (2009)
Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
United States v. Atlantic Research Corporation, 551 U.S. 128 (2007)
Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (2006)
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency, 540 U.S. 461 (2004)
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) ("SWANCC")
Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc., 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
U.S. Department of Energy v. Ohio, 503 U.S. 607 (1992)
Tull v. United States, 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (1984)

 

Updated May 13, 2015

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