Ohio v. Sierra Club
Petition for certiorari denied on March 28, 2016
Issue: (1) Whether the phrase “applicable implementation plan” in 42 U.S.C. § 7407(d)(3)(E)(ii) (a provision of the Clean Air Act) refers to a nonattainment plan and requires a state seeking attainment status to continue implementing all EPA nonattainment-plan mandates; and (2) whether the nonattainment-plan statute’s mandate to use “reasonably available control measures” in section 7502(c)(1) compels states to impose measures unnecessary to meet the relevant air-quality standards.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 23 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 24, 2015) |
| Dec 11 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner |
| Dec 14 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Ohio Utility Group, and Its Member Companies. |
| Dec 16 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 25, 2016, for all respondents. |
| Dec 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana and Nine States filed. |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
| Dec 24 2015 | Brief of respondents The Ohio Utility Group and Its Members in support filed. |
| Jan 22 2016 | Brief of respondents Environmental Protection Agency, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Jan 25 2016 | Brief of respondent Sierra Club in opposition filed. |
| Feb 8 2016 | Reply of petitioner Ohio filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 10 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 26, 2016. |
| Feb 29 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Mar 14 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016. |
| Mar 21 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 25, 2016. |
| Mar 28 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
