StarLink Logistics Inc. v. ACC, LLC
Petition for certiorari denied on May 4, 2020
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel to the petitioner in this case.
Issue: Whether a state law that authorizes a polluter to discharge covered pollutants from a point source into the navigable waters of the United States without obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and in concentrations that exceed effluent limits established by the Clean Water Act is pre-empted by the Clean Water Act and the Supremacy Clause, U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 2.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Aug 24 2018 | Application (18A215) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 5, 2018 to November 2, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Aug 28 2018 | Application (18A215) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 2, 2018. |
| Nov 02 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018) |
| Nov 14 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2018 to January 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Nov 16 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2019, for all respondents. |
| Dec 04 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 07 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 6, 2019, for all respondents. |
| Feb 06 2019 | Brief of respondent ACC, LLC in opposition filed. |
| Feb 06 2019 | Brief of respondent Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Control Board in opposition filed. |
| Feb 19 2019 | Reply of petitioner StarLink Logistics Inc. filed. |
| Feb 20 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019. |
| Apr 27 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
| Apr 27 2020 | Supplemental brief of petitioner StarLink Logistics Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| May 04 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
