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StarLink Logistics Inc. v. ACC, LLC

Petition for certiorari denied on May 4, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-593 Tenn. Ct. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

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.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/24/2018Application (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.
08/28/2018Application (18A215) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 2, 2018.
11/02/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)
11/14/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2018 to January 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
11/16/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2019, for all respondents.
12/04/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
12/07/2018Motion 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.
02/06/2019Brief of respondent ACC, LLC in opposition filed.
02/06/2019Brief of respondent Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Control Board in opposition filed.
02/19/2019Reply of petitioner StarLink Logistics Inc. filed.
02/20/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
04/27/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
04/27/2020Supplemental brief of petitioner StarLink Logistics Inc. filed. (Distributed)
05/04/2020Petition DENIED.