Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Alabama ex rel. Siegelman v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

493 U.S. 991

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-12-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that the court could compel the EPA to take final action with respect to national air quality standards, but it lacked jurisdiction to require the EPA to revise the standards to limit particular pollutants
  • EPA has a nondiscretionary duty under 42 U.S.C. § 7409(d)(1) to review the NAAQS for sulfur dioxide
  • no protections afforded to the state under the Fifth Amendment

Citator

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.