LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS; Pesticide Action Network North America; Natural Resources Defense Council; California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation; Farmworkers Association of Florida; Farmworker Justice GreenLatinos; Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Learning Disabilities Association of America; National Hispanic Medical Association; Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste; United Farm Workers, Petitioners,
State of New York; State of Maryland; State of Vermont; State of Washington; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; District of Columbia; State of California; State of Hawaii, Intervenors,
v.
Andrew WHEELER, Acting Administrator of United States Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted En Banc March 26, 2019, San Francisco, California.
Jonathan Brightbill , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Erica M. Zilioli , and Phillip R. Dupré , Attorneys; Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Mark Dyner , Office of the General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; for Respondents.
Shaun A. Goho , Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae Health Professional Organizations.
David Y. Chung , Elizabeth B. Dawson , and Kristen L. Nathanson , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Agribusiness Council of Indiana, Agricultural Retailers Association, Almond Alliance of California, American Farm Bureau Federation, AmericanHort, American Seed Trade Association, American Soybean Association, American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Beet Sugar Development Foundation, California Alfalfa & Forage Association, California Citrus Mutual, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association, California Fresh Fruit Association, California Specialty Crops Council, Cranberry Institute, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, National Agricultural Aviation Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, National Sorghum Producers, Northwest Horticultural Council, Oregonians for Food & Shelter, Washington Friends of Farms & Forests, Western Agricultural Processors Association, Western Growers, Western Plant Health Association, and Wyoming Agricultural Business Association.
Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard A. Paez, Carlos T. Bea, Morgan Christen, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Paul J. Watford, John B. Owens, Michelle T. Friedland, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
ORDER
In its opening brief, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)1 requested, as alternative relief, the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conceded at oral argument that we may consider LULAC's request as a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus, and it had a full opportunity to respond. In view of the circumstances presented by the petition, we exercise our discretion to construe the opening...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.