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Sierra Club et al v. Portland General Electric Company

Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss 21 Oral Argument requested.

79 Cited authorities

  1. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 280,791 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

  2. Erickson v. Pardus

    551 U.S. 89 (2007)   Cited 65,504 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"

  3. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,261 times   624 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  4. Conley v. Gibson

    355 U.S. 41 (1957)   Cited 59,382 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"

  5. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,883 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

  6. United States v. Mead Corp.

    533 U.S. 218 (2001)   Cited 2,623 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a Customs classification ruling "has no claim to judicial deference under Chevron " but can "claim respect according to its persuasiveness"

  7. Mendiondo v. Centinela

    521 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 2,086 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the heightened pleading requirements of Rule 9(b) do not apply

  8. Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare

    534 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 1,481 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that this court may affirm on the basis of any ground fairly supported by the record

  9. Aktieselskabet AF 21. November 2001 v. Fame Jeans Inc.

    525 F.3d 8 (D.C. Cir. 2008)   Cited 400 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in a cancellation proceeding, "an intent-to-use applicant prevails over any opposer who began using a similar mark after the intent-to-use filing date"

  10. Porter v. Warner Co.

    328 U.S. 395 (1946)   Cited 739 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a separate cause of action for damages was enough to preclude courts from inferring that remedy elsewhere

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 362,607 times   962 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 164,455 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 40,207 times   337 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  14. Rule 16 - Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 16   Cited 35,685 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the sanctions authorized by Rule 37(b)

  15. Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty

    15 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 3,267 times   79 Legal Analyses
    Forbidding every "contract, combination . . . or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States"

  16. Section 7401 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    42 U.S.C. § 7401   Cited 1,404 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Finding that “air pollution prevention (that is, the reduction or elimination, through any measures, of the amount of pollutants produced or created at the source) and air pollution control at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments”

  17. Section 7604 - Citizen suits

    42 U.S.C. § 7604   Cited 889 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts limited jurisdiction "to compel (consistent with paragraph (2) of this section) agency action unreasonably delayed ..."

  18. Section 2462 - Time for commencing proceedings

    28 U.S.C. § 2462   Cited 720 times   262 Legal Analyses
    Allowing exception to five-year limitations period where Congress has provided otherwise

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

    42 U.S.C. § 7410   Cited 665 times   23 Legal Analyses
    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"

  20. Section 7409 - National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards

    42 U.S.C. § 7409   Cited 426 times   6 Legal Analyses
    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

  21. Section 135.3 - Contents of notice

    40 C.F.R. § 135.3   Cited 226 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring notice that includes information sufficiently specific to allow the recipient to identify the "standard, limitation, or order" allegedly violated

  22. Section 52.21 - Prevention of significant deterioration of air quality

    40 C.F.R. § 52.21   Cited 216 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Providing minimum federal standards upon plan disapproval

  23. Section 51.166 - Prevention of significant deterioration of air quality

    40 C.F.R. § 51.166   Cited 68 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Repeating statutory definition

  24. Section 54.3 - Contents of notice

    40 C.F.R. § 54.3   Cited 31 times

    (a)Failure to act. Notice regarding a failure of the Administrator to perform an act or duty which is not discretionary shall identify the provisions of the Act which requires such act or creates such duty, shall describe with reasonable specificity the action taken or not taken by the Administrator which is claimed to constitute a failure to perform such act or duty, and shall state the full name and address of the person giving the notice. (b)Violation of standard, limitation or order. Notices

  25. Section 60.14 - Modification

    40 C.F.R. § 60.14   Cited 29 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Governing "modification" of stationary sources

  26. Section 70.2 - Definitions

    40 C.F.R. § 70.2   Cited 25 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Defining "major source"

  27. Section 60.7 - Notification and record keeping

    40 C.F.R. § 60.7   Cited 9 times

    (a) Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall furnish the Administrator written notification or, if acceptable to both the Administrator and the owner or operator of a source, electronic notification, as follows: (1) A notification of the date construction (or reconstruction as defined under § 60.15 ) of an affected facility is commenced postmarked no later than 30 days after such date. This requirement shall not apply in the case of mass-produced facilities which are purchased

  28. Section 60.8 - Performance tests

    40 C.F.R. § 60.8   Cited 7 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Relating to startup, shutdown and malfunction

  29. Section 340-224-0010 - Applicability, General Prohibitions, General Requirements and Jurisdiction

    Or. Admin. Code § 340-224-0010   Cited 3 times

    (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), the owner or operator of a source undertaking one of the following actions must comply with the applicable Major New Source Review requirements of OAR 340-224-0010 through 340-224-0070 and 340-224-0500 through 340-224-0540 for such actions prior to construction or operation: (a) In an attainment, unclassified or sustainment area: (A) Construction of a new federal major source; (B) Major modification at an existing federal major source; or (C) Major modification

  30. Section 340-210-0215 - [Repealed]

    Or. Admin. Code § 340-210-0215   Cited 2 times

    Or. Admin. Code § 340-210-0215 DEQ 15, f. 6-12-70, ef. 9-1-70; DEQ 4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93; DEQ 12-1993, f. & cert. ef. 9-24-93; Renumbered from 340-020-0020; DEQ 19-1993, f. & cert. ef. 11-4-93; DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-028-0800; DEQ 6-2001, f. 6-18-01, cert. ef. 7-1-01, Renumbered from 340-210-0200; DEQ 7-2015, f. & cert. ef. 4/16/2015; DEQ 19-2022, f. 11/18/2022, & cert. ef. 3/1/2023 Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468A.025 & 468A.055 Statutes/Other