PUBLIC WATCHDOGS v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.

No. 19-56531.

984 F.3d 744 (2020)

PUBLIC WATCHDOGS, a California 501(c)(3) corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY; San Diego Gas & Electric Company; Sempra Energy; Holtec International; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Beste (argued) and Charles G. La Bella , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Justin D. Heminger (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General; Andrew P. Averbach , Solicitor, and James E. Adler , Senior Attorney, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

James R. Evans Jr. (argued), Edward J. Casey , and Alexander Akerman , Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Sempra Energy, and Holtec International.

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, District Judge.


OPINION

Under the Administrative Orders Review Act—frequently referred to as the Hobbs Act—courts of appeals have "exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin, set aside, suspend (in whole or in part), or to determine the validity of ... all final orders of the [United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

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