Supreme Court Issues Two Rulings Specifying Where Challenges to EPA Actions on Clean Air Must Be Filed

US Supreme Court sets rules for venue selection in environmental lawsuits

The US Supreme Court issued two rulings on Wednesday that establish where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions should be filed, remanding one lawsuit to regional circuits and directing the other suit to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 6-2 and 7-2 decisions, both authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court reinforced a framework for determining venue under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The…

Supreme Court rejects one-size-fits-all standard in Oklahoma-Utah EPA cases

WASHINGTON — The question of federal overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) came into focus when the U.S. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Oklahoma’s ability to pursue judicial review in its circuit court, rejecting what some describe as a “one-size-fits-all” approach to federal environmental regulation. “The EPA action, taken under the Biden-Harris […] The post Supreme Court rejects one-size-fits-all standard in Oklahoma-Utah…

Supreme Court Sides With Utah, Oklahoma in Air Quality Lawsuit - Legal Reader

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Oklahoma and Utah in a Clean Air Act-related lawsuit that raised questions about where legal challenges can and should be heard.

Supreme Court sides with Utah in air quality lawsuit • Utah News Dispatch

Air thick with particulate pollution and fog hangs over Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. The AQI at the time was listed at 130 according to AirNow.gov, and the National Weather Service had issued a dense fog advisory. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Utah and Oklahoma on Wednesday in a case that started over disagreements with the Clean Air Act, and evolved into a debate over where certain l…

Supreme Court issues two rulings specifying where challenges to EPA actions on clean air must be filed

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued two rulings on where certain challenges to actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act must be filed. In the first decision by Justice Clarence Thomas, EPA v. Calumet, the court ruled that one set of challenges, brought by a group of small refineries in Louisiana, should have been filed in a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. And in a second decision by Thomas, Oklahom…

US Supreme Court sets test for which courts can hear EPA cases

By Nate Raymond