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Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd.

Pending petition

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-1341 5th Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issue: (1) Whether the Hobbs Act, which authorizes a "party aggrieved" by an agency"s "final order" to petition for review in a court of appeals, allows nonparties to obtain review of claims asserting that an agency order exceeds the agency"s statutory authority; and (2) whether the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 permit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license private entities to temporarily store spent nuclear fuel away from the nuclear-reactor sites where the spent fuel was generated.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/25/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 25, 2024)
07/12/2024Brief amicus curiae of Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. filed. VIDED.
07/18/2024Motion of respondent Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. to extend the time to file a response from July 25, 2024 to August 26, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
07/19/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 26, 2024, for all respondents.
08/26/2024Brief of respondent Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. in opposition filed. VIDED.
09/11/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
09/11/2024Reply of petitioners Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed)