UTILITY AIR REGULATORY GROUP v. E.P.A.

Nos. 12-1146, 12-1248, 12-1254, 12-1268, 12-1269, 12-1272.

134 S.Ct. 2427 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 372

UTILITY AIR REGULATORY GROUP, Petitioner v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al. American Chemistry Council, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Energy-Intensive Manufacturers Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Regulation, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Texas, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gasaway , Counsel of Record, Jeffrey A. Rosen , P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Lily Fu Claffee , Rachel L. Brand , Sheldon Gilbert , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

John J. McMackin, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Williams & Jensen, PLLC, Washington, DC, Ronald Tenpas , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for Energy-Intensive Manufacturers Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Regulation and the Glass Packaging Institute.

Peter D. Keisler , Counsel of Record, Roger R. Martella, Jr. , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington DC, for American Chemistry Council, et al.

Shannon Lee Goessling , Counsel of Record, Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., Marietta, GA, Edward A. Kazmarek , Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP, Atlanta, GA, Harry W. MacDougald , Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, GA, Steven G. Bradbury , Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, for Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc.

Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Steven E. Mulder , State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for State of Alaska.

Ellen Steen , Danielle Quist , American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC, Douglas A. Henderson , Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, for American Farm Bureau Federation.

Sam Kazman , Hans Bader , Competitive Enterprise Institute, Inc., Washington, DC, for Competitive Enterprise Institute, Inc.

F. William Brownell , Counsel of Record, Norman W. Fichthorn , Henry v. Nickel , Allison D. Wood , Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner Utility Air Regulatory Group.

Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Daniel T. Hodge , First Assistant Attorney General, J. Reed Clay, Jr. , Senior Counsel to the Attorney General, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Andrew S. Oldham , Deputy Solicitor General, Michael P. Murphy , Douglas D. Geyser , Assistant Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Luther Strange , Attorney General of Alabama, Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General of Florida, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General of Georgia, Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General of Louisiana, Bill Schuette , Attorney General of Michigan, Jon Bruning , Attorney General of Nebraska, Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General of North Dakota, E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General of Oklahoma, Alan Wilson , Attorney General of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General of South Dakota, Herman Robinson , Executive Counsel of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, for the State Petitioners.

John P. Elwood , Jeremy C. Marwell , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC, Paul D. Phillips , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO, Eric Groten , Counsel of Record, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX, Patrick R. Day , P.C., Holland & Hart LLP, Cheyenne, WY, John A. Bryson , Holland & Hart, LLP, Washington, DC, James A. Holtkamp , Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT, for Petitioners.

Avi S. Garbow , General Counsel, Lorie J. Schmidt , Associate General Counsel, Brian Doster , James Havard , Howard J. Hoffman , David Orlin , Elliott Zenick , Attorneys, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Benjamin J. Horwich , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Amanda Shafer Berman , Perry Rosen , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal Respondents.

David D. Doniger , Gerald Goldman , Benjamin H. Longstreth , Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, Howard I. Fox , David S. Baron , Earthjustice, Washington, DC, for Environmental Defense Fund.

Sean H. Donahue , Counsel of Record, David T. Goldberg , Donahue & Goldberg, LLP, Washington, DC, Pamela A. Campos , Tomas Carbonell , Megan Ceronsky , Graham Mccahan , Vickie L. Patton , Peter Zalzal , Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO, for Environmental Organization Respondents.

Ann Brewster Weeks , James P. Duffy , Clean Air Task Force, Boston, MA, for Conservation Law Foundation, Inc., Indiana Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Ohio Environmental Council, and Michigan Environmental Council.

Frank W. Rambo , Morgan Butler , Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, VA, for Georgia Forrest-Watch, Wetlands Watch, and Wild Virginia.

Joanne Spalding , Nathan Matthews , San Francisco, CA, for Sierra Club.

James G. Murphy , National Wildlife Federation, Montpelier, VT, for Respondents.

Monica Wagner , Deputy Bureau Chief, Michael J. Myers , Morgan A. Costello , Assistant Attorneys General, Environmental Protection Bureau, Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Bethany A. Davis Noll , Assistant Solicitor General, New York, NY, Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, State of California, San Francisco, CA, George Jepsen , Attorney General, Hartford, CT, Joseph R. Biden, III , Attorney General, Wilmington, DE, Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, Janet T. Mills , Attorney General, State of Maine, Augusta, ME, Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Martha Coakley , Attorney General, State of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Joseph A. Foster , Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH, Gary King , Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, State of Oregon, Salem, OR, Peter F. Kilmartin , Attorney General, Providence, RI, William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Friedlander , for Respondents.


Justice SCALIA announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II.

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