U.S. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 85-1945.

814 F.2d 1099 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geneva S. Halliday, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Ellen J. Durkee, David C. Shilton, Appellate Section, Lands Div.-Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., William B. Lazarus (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth N. Carroll, Robert A. Fineman, Detroit, Mich., Mary F. Edger, Thomas H. Truitt (argued), Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL and JONES, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

In this case Ford Motor Company and the United States are litigating a question fundamental to the authority of the federal government to control the emission of air pollutants within the boundaries of a particular state.

The pollutants at issue are volatile organic compounds which are the principal contributors to ambient ozone. The site of this dispute is a Ford...

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