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ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE v. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

No. 05-848.

127 S.Ct. 1423 (2007)

549 U.S. 561

167 L.Ed.2d 295

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE et al., Petitioners, v. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean H. Donahue , Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Thomas G. Hungar , Washington, D.C., for respondent United States in support of petitioners.

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, D.C., for the respondent Duke Energy Corporation.

Roger R. Martella, Jr. , Acting General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States as Respondent Supporting Petitioners.

Jeffrey M. Gleason , J. Blanding Holman, IV , Caleb Jaffe , Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, N.C., Vickie Patton , Environmental Defense, Boulder, Colorado Sean H. Donahue , Counsel of Record, Washington, D.C., David T. Goldberg , New York, N.Y., for Petitioners.

Marc E. Manly , Group Executive and Chief Legal Officer, Catherine S. Stempien , Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Legal, Garry S. Rice , Associate General Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, Legal Department, Charlotte, NC, Carter G. Phillips , Counsel of Record, Mark D. Hopson , Kathryn B. Thomson , Stephen M. Nickelsburg , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Henry V. Nickel , F. William Brownell , Makram Jaber , Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C., T. Thomas Cottingham III , Nash E. Long, III , Hunton & Williams LLP, Charlotte, NC, for Respondent Duke Energy Corporation.

Ann R. Klee , General Counsel, Chet M. Thompson , Deputy General Counsel, Granta Y. Nakayama , Assistant Administrator, Thomas W. Swegle , Carol S. Holmes , David W. Schnare , Alan Dion , Attorneys United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Sue Ellen Wooldridge , Assistant Attorney General, Thomas G. Hungar , Deputy Solicitor General, James A. Feldman , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Katherine J. Barton , Jason A. Dunn , Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States As Respondent Supporting Petitioners.

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