| 25-758 |
Moreland Properties LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
cercla cost-recovery environmental-law national-contingency-plan private-party-cleanup substantial-compliance |
Under CERCLA, private parties who clean up contaminated land may recover their costs from polluters only if their cleanup substantially complies with … |
| 24-349 |
San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Arizona, et al. |
Arizona |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-law clean-water-act environmental-law mining-permit regulatory-interpretation water-pollution |
Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in its interpretation of new source performance standards for copper mine discharge permits by using a 'material con… |
| 24A98 |
Nacco Natural Resources Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-26 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-action environmental-law epa-regulation natural-resources statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its statutory authority in issuing a final agency action that improperly regulates natural resour… |
| 24A13 |
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, an Oregon non-profit corporation v. Shane Jeffries, in His Official Capacity as Ochoco National Forest Supervisor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Presumed Complete |
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administrative-procedure biodiversity-protection environmental-impact environmental-law forest-management national-forest |
Whether federal environmental regulations governing national forest management adequately protect biodiversity and require comprehensive environmental… |
| 23-1229 |
Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law circuit-court-review clean-air-act environmental-law epa-administrative-action jurisdiction renewable-fuel-standard statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction |
Whether venue for the refineries' challenges lies exclusively in the D.C. Circuit |
| 23-947 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure climate-change environmental-law federal-preemption greenhouse-gas greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions standing state-law state-law-claims |
Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse… |
| 23-143 |
Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
Minnesota |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
california-standards california-waiver clean-air-act environmental-law federal-preemption maintenance-plans national-ambient-air-quality-standards nonattainment-areas state-regulation vehicle-emission-standards vehicle-emissions |
Whether Minnesota qualifies to adopt California's vehicle emission standards under the Clean Air Act |
| 23-133 |
Arlen Foster v. Department of Agriculture, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-review agriculture chevron-deference environmental-law statutory-interpretation swampbuster-provision wetlands wetlands-certification |
Whether a statute that provides that a wetlands certification 'remain[s] valid and in effect ... until such time as the person affected by the certifi… |
| 22-272 |
Livingston County Road Commission v. Gould Electronics, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
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cercla cercla-liability due-care environmental-law groundwater-contamination innocent-landowner property-liability reasonable-steps statutory-defense statutory-interpretation third-party-defense |
How is the term 'due care' defined for purposes of the 42 U.S.C. §9607(b)(3) 'third-party defense' in relation to 'reasonable steps' in the substantia… |
| 21-1500 |
Residents of Gordon Plaza, Inc. v. LaToya Cantrell, in Her Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
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cercla citizen-suit comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation- consent-decree environmental-law epa-consent-decree operation-and-maintenance rcra removal-action resource-conservation-and-recovery-act |
Whether a liable party's operation and maintenance activities pursuant to an EPA consent decree constitute 'conducting a removal action' so as to bar … |
| 21-1040 |
Corona Clay Company v. Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
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article-iii-standing citizen-suit civil-rights clean-water-act due-process environmental-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure informational-injury jurisdictional-waters standing |
Whether a plaintiff can establish Article III standing in a private citizen suit under the Clean Water Act without proving actual or threatened harm |
| 21-178 |
Charles G. Kinney v. Three Arch Bay Community Services District, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law citizen-lawsuit civil-procedure civil-rights clean-water-act due-process environmental-enforcement environmental-law judicial-procedure npdes-permits standing storm-water-runoff |
Are public entities violating the Clean Water Act, their NPDES permits, and/or nuisance laws? |
| 20-1780 |
North Dakota v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-06-23 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Relisted (4) |
clean-air-act environmental-law environmental-protection-agency epa-regulations federalism performance-standards state-implementation stationary-sources |
Can EPA promulgate regulations for existing stationary sources that require States to apply binding nationwide 'performance standards' at a level, ins… |
| 20-7987 |
Gregory K. Clinton v. Cheryl Dean Riley |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law endangered-species-act environmental-law national-environmental-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court of appeals erred in its interpretation and application of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in up… |
| 20-1337 |
APC Investment Co., et al. v. Howmet Aerospace Inc., fka Arconic, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cercla civil-procedure common-law contribution contribution-claim environmental-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation superfund |
Is the statutory claim for contribution in section 113 of CERCLA, including the statute of limitations found in section 1138(g)(3), governed exclusive… |
| 20-382 |
Territory of Guam v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-09-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3) |
cercla clean-water-act comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation- consent-decree contribution contribution-claim environmental-law environmental-liability judicial-settlement statute-of-limitations |
Whether a non-CERCLA settlement can trigger a contribution claim under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B) |
| 19-1376 |
Algignis, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2020-06-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-state agency-jurisdiction catch-22 civil-rights environmental-law innovation innovation-barriers judicial-review private-enterprise regulatory-capture regulatory-risk standing standing-doctrine |
Do small, relatively unknown groups have standing to try to solve their own local environmental problems that the government has failed to solve? |
| 19-7138 |
Michael Blankenship v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clean-water-act criminal-procedure environmental-law evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony fecal-coliform intent prejudice rule-404(b) rule-404b witness-testimony |
Whether a chart showing consistently high fecal coliform levels in a creek was relevant to show other potential sources of odors testified to by witne… |
| 19-113 |
William F. Holdner v. Katy Coba, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agricultural-operation agriculture-operation-permit civil-rights due-process environmental-law environmental-regulation federal-environmental-regulations habeas-corpus patent patent-rights property-rights stormwater-permit water-pollution water-rights |
Whether a person engaged in an agricultural operation can be charged and convicted for failure to possess a stormwater permit |
| 18-1564 |
LAJIM, LLC, et al. v. General Electric Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
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citizen-suit consent-order environmental-law federal-court-discretion federalism imminent-and-substantial-endangerment injunctive-relief rcra-citizen-suit resource-conservation-and-recovery-act state-consent-order statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court has discretion to deny an injunction when it is the only statutory remedy after plaintiffs prove an imminent and substantial … |
| 18-1531 |
South Carolina v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law civil-procedure department-of-energy environmental-law environmental-policy federal-jurisdiction nuclear-energy ripeness separation-of-powers standing standing-doctrine statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that South Carolina lacked standing to challenge the DOE's final ac… |
| 18-9496 |
Darren Deon Johnson v. Barbara Hoober, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-among-circuits due-process environmental-law federal-question standing takings |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the decision of the district court in Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volus… |
| 18-6929 |
Asia Johnson v. Queen Elizabeth |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights climate-change constitutional-crisis due-process environmental-law equal-protection gender-discrimination political-feud racial-discrimination restoration |
Was the constitutional crisis between Democrats and Republicans affecting the environment and leading to racial and gender discrimination against Afri… |
| 18-5942 |
Darren K. Byler v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure clean-water-act de-minimis-standard environmental-law refuse-act sewage-discharge statutory-interpretation water-pollution |
Does 33 U.S.C. 407, The Refuse Act, apply to sewage? |
| 18-256 |
Robert Bartlett, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cercla-preemption circuit-court-review circuit-court-summary-order civil-rights common-law-tort common-law-tort-claims congressional-intent cts-corp-v-waldburger due-process environmental-law judicial-precedent preemption statutory-interpretation torts toxic-exposure |
Did CERCLA preempt petitioners' common law tort claims? |
| 18-5577 |
In Re Adam D. Boylen |
|
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights clean-water-act commerce-clause criminal-law due-process environmental-law owner-or-operator person source standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Powhower, as a stock owner for an independent farming company, not being a facility on plant, is a 'person' Congress exclusively defined in th… |