SIERRA CLUB v. RUCKELSHAUS

No. C-84-0656 WHO.

602 F.Supp. 892 (1984)

SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff, v. William D. RUCKELSHAUS, in his official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants. Idaho Mining Association, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

On Order of Contempt December 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Beers, Beers & Dickson, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Atty., Francis B. Boone, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Dean K. Dunsmore, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Albert J. Beveridge, III, Carl Eardley, Gary H. Baise, Don G. Scroggin, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, D.C., E. Lewis Reid, Michael R. Marron, Marron, Reid & Sheehy, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-intervenor Idaho Mining Ass'n.


OPINION

ORRICK, District Judge.

The Sierra Club, an organization devoted to the preservation of the environment, filed this suit against William D. Ruckelshaus as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") to compel the EPA to comply with certain requirements of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. Because the sole question in the case is a matter of statutory interpretation and enforcement...

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