CHRYSLER CORP. v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Nos. 76-1569, 76-1575, 76-1576 and 76-1582.

600 F.2d 904 (1979)

CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Douglas COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Douglas COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Willens, Washington, D. C., with whom Deanne C. Siemer and Phillip L. Radoff, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 76-1582.

Patrick M. Raher, Washington, D. C., with whom Victor C. Tomlinson and Connie R. Gale, Detroit, Mich., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 76-1569.

Reuben L. Hedlund, Chicago, Ill., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, by special leave of court pro hac vice, with whom Laurence H. Levine, Chicago, Ill., and Frazer F. Hilder, Detroit, Mich., were on the brief, for petitioners in Nos. 76-1575 and 76-1576. Edward W. Warren, Washington, D. C., and Hammond E. Chaffetz, Chicago, Ill., also entered an appearance for petitioners in Nos. 76-1575 and 76-1576.

Ronald S. Naveen and Jeffrey O. Cerar, Atty., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., with whom James W. Moorman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, and G. William Frick, Gen. Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondents. Peter R. Taft, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for respondents.

Thomas A. Pursley III, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent Environmental Protection Agency.

Before ROBINSON, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

In these cases, petitioners challenge the validity of regulations promulgated for medium and heavy trucks1 by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) purportedly pursuant to the Noise Control Act of 1972.2 Because of jurisdictional limitations on review of these...

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