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Luminant Generation Company LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013.

Docket No.12-1484
Op. Below5th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether, contrary to 42 U.S.C. § 7410"s express limit on the EPA"s disapproval authority and decisions of other courts of appeals, the EPA may substitute its own policy preferences for a state"s about the appropriate means of controlling air pollution within that state, without identifying any applicable "requirement of th[e] [Clean Air Act]" with which the state"s chosen means would interfere; and (2) whether the panel erred under SEC v. Chenery Corp., by upholding agency action based on, and by purporting to "defer" to, an interpretation of the Clean Air Act that the EPA itself not only never adopted " but in fact expressly rejected.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jun 24, 2013
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2013)
Jul 17, 2013
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 23, 2013.
Jul 24, 2013
Brief amici curiae of Utility Air Regulatory Group, et al. filed.
Jul 24, 2013
Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
Aug 23, 2013
Brief of respondent Environmental Protection Agency in opposition filed.
Sep 10, 2013
Reply of petitioners Luminant Generation Company LLC, et al. filed.
Sep 11, 2013
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
Oct 7, 2013
Petition DENIED.

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