ENVIRONMENT TEXAS CITIZEN LOBBY v. EXXONMOBIL

No. 15-20030.

824 F.3d 507 (2016)

ENVIRONMENT TEXAS CITIZEN LOBBY, INCORPORATED; Sierra Club, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION; ExxonMobil Chemical Company; Exxon-Mobil Refining & Supply Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Harlan Hilder , Hilder & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, Charles Craig Caldart, Esq. , National Environmental Law Center, Seattle, WA, Heather A. Govern , Joshua Robert Kratka , National Environmental Law Center, Boston, MA, David A. Nicholas , Newton, MA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Russell S. Post , Fields Alexander , Robert David Daniel , David M. Gunn , William R. Peterson , Bryon A. Rice , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Jefferson Gregory Copeland , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Albert R. Axe, Jr. , Keith Alan Courtney , Winstead, P.C., Eric J. R. Nichols , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Kathleen Hopkins Alsina , Mary Elizabeth Stevenson , City of Houston Legal Department, Houston, TX, Emma C. Cheuse , Earthjustice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae City of Houston.

Elizabeth Sterling , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Michael Robert Hull , Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, Emma C. Cheuse , Earthjustice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Harris County Attorney.

Kelly Leigh Haragan, Esq. , University of Texas School of Law Environmental Law Clinic, Austin, TX, Emma C. Cheuse , Earthjustice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Air Alliance Houston.

Ignacio Ramirez, Sr. , Baytown, TX, for Amicus Curiae City of Baytown.

Aaron Michael Streett , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amici Curiae BCCA Appeal Group, Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Chemical Council, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and National Association of Manufacturers.

Before BENAVIDES, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns a Clean Air Act ("CAA") citizen suit brought by Plaintiffs-Appellants Environment Texas Citizen Lobby Incorporated and Sierra Club ("Plaintiffs") against ExxonMobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, and ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company (collectively, "Exxon"). Exxon owns...

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