Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Federal Election Comm'n v. Akins

Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement

Occidental Engineering Co. v. I.N.S.

Finding that plaintiff's editing role was not equivalent to a specialty occupation because he did not supervise journalists

Summers v. A. Teichert Son, Inc.

Holding that "a mere scintilla of evidence will not be sufficient to defeat a properly supported motion for summary judgment; rather, the nonmoving party must introduce some significant probative evidence tending to support the complaint. Summary judgment may be granted if the evidence is merely colorable . . . or is not significantly probative"

Sugar Cane Growers Co-op. of Fla. v. Veneman

Holding that the notice-and-comment requirement "would be eviscerated" if agency could bypass it without good cause simply because plaintiffs "cannot identify any additional arguments they would have made in a notice-and-comment procedure that they did not make" informally

Brower v. Evans

Holding deference overcome where agency “completely failed to address some factor consideration of which was essential to [making an] informed decision”

Alabama Power Co. v. Costle

Holding that the EPA did not have authority to dispense with monitoring where Congress mandated the use of that technique, even though monitoring technology at the time was limited

Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal v. E.P.A

Holding that the EPA responded adequately to members of the municipal waste combustor industry who submitted comments complaining about the high costs associated with regulating pollutants produced by municipal waste combustor units

Environmental Defense v. Leavitt

Holding that coal industry group lacked standing to challenge consent decree requiring the EPA to issue clean air regulations by a date certain, because “the decree does not address the substance of the [regulations] but merely sets a schedule for their promulgation.”

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 60 - Relief from a Judgment or Order

Granting relief from the operation of a judgment

Section 7410 - State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards

Granting EPA the discretion to revoke a State's air permitting authority if the EPA "disapproves a State implementation plan submission in whole or in part"

Section 7409 - National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards

Prohibiting a cost/benefit analysis by preventing the EPA from considering any factor other than health effects relating to pollutants in the air in establishing NAAQS for ozone and particulate matter

Section 50.15 - National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for ozone