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Massachusetts v. E.P.A

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Sep 14, 2007
249 F. App'x 829 (D.C. Cir. 2007)

Opinion

Nos. 03-1361 to 03-1368.

September 14, 2007.

Richard M. Frank, Attorney General's Office of State of California, Sacramento, CA, Kimberly P. Massicotte, Matthew I. Levine, Attorney General's Office of State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, Donna M. Murasky, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Edward Eugene Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Office of the Solicitor General, Joseph Mendelson, III, Kimbrell Mendelson, David G. Bookbinder, Sierra Club, David D. Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council, Julie M. Anderson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, Gary S. Feinerman, Attorney General's Office for the State of Illinois, Gerald T. Karr, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Thomas Edward Davis, Attorney General's Office of State Of Illinois, Environmental Bureau, Springfield, IL, William Lyon Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, James R. Milkey, Attorney General's Office of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Environmental Protection Division, Boston, MA, William Rowe Phelan, Jr., City of Baltimore Department of Law, City Hall, Baltimore, MD, Gerald D. Reid, Attorney General's Office of State of Maine, Augusta, ME, Stefanie A. Brand, Attorney General's Office of State of New Jersey, Division of Law, Trenton, NJ, Stuart Michael Bluestone, Attorney General's Office of State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, J. Jared Snyder, Peter Hans Lehner, Attorney General's Office of State of New York, The Capitol New York State, Department of Law, Albany, NY, James Todd Baldwin Tripp, Environmental Defense Fund, Mark Pomeroy Mclntyre, Corporation Counsel's Office of City of New York, New York City Law Department, New York, NY, Philip Schradle, Attorney General's Office of State of Oregon, Office of General Counsel, Salem, OR, Tricia K. Jedele, Attorney General's Office of State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, William H. Sorrell, Erick Titrud, Kevin O. Leske, Attorney General's Office of State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, David K. Mears, Environmental and Natural Resources, Law Clinic, Olympia, WA, Fiti A. Sunia, Attorney General's Office of American Samoa, Pago Pago American Samoa, for Petitioners.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Kirkland Ellis LLP, Jon M. Lipshultz, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Ann R. Klee, General Counsel, Nancy A. Ketcham-Colwill, John Thomas Hannon, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

BEFORE: SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


JUDGMENT


It is ORDERED and ADJUDGED that, in light of the Supreme Court's opinion in Massachusetts v. EPA, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 1438, 167 L.Ed.2d 248 (2007), the EPA's denial of the International Center for Technology Assessment's rulemaking petition be vacated and Nos. 03-1361, 03-1362, 03-1363, and 03-1364 be remanded for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's opinion. It is FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that petitions for review Nos. 03-1365, 03-1366, 03-1367, and 03-1368 be dismissed, in accordance with this court's opinion issued July 15, 2005.


Summaries of

Massachusetts v. E.P.A

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Sep 14, 2007
249 F. App'x 829 (D.C. Cir. 2007)
Case details for

Massachusetts v. E.P.A

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, et al., Petitioners v. ENVIRONMENTAL…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Sep 14, 2007

Citations

249 F. App'x 829 (D.C. Cir. 2007)

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