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  • Amicus Curiae Brief — International Paper Co. v. Ouellette

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1987

    Vt. 1985) (‘‘Ouelletr<’’\, correctly ruled that the Federai Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seg. … The author further concludes that ‘‘Congress did not preempt state common-law remedies for harms by expressly occupying the field of interstate pollution through the enactment of the Clean Air and Water

    479 U.S. 481
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — King v. Burwell, 135 S. Ct. 475 (2014) (No. 14-114)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2014

    . § 658a(b)(5)(B) Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. 42 U.S.C. § 7410(a)(1) ..... 42 U.S.C. § 7410(c)(1) Employer Health Insurance Purchasing Group OKLA. STAT. tit. 36, § 4521 (2011) . … To cite but a few examples of such laws, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seqg., contemplates that States will submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for approval plans that implement

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Rapanos v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

    Circuit Conflict: There is a conflict between the courts of appeal on the proper test for determining when a non-navigable feature is a “navigable water” under the Clean Water Act (“CWA” or the “Act … As the Sixth Circuit Previously Recognized, Determining the “Precise Boundary” of Areas Covered by the Clean Water Act Remains “Difficult.”

    546 U.S. 932
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., Petitioners v. Sierra Club, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 3, 2020

    Supp. 3d 90 (D.D.C. 2019) .................. 3 Dep’t of Air Force v. Rose, 425 U.S. 352 (1976) .......... 5 Dep’t of Interior v. … Supp. 3d 100, 105 (D.D.C. 2019) (cleaned up); see also Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Dep’t of State, 285 F.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Bradley Little, Governor of Idaho, et al., Petitioners v. Lindsay Hecox, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 19, 2025

    Similarly, Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act provides that participation is determined by a student’s “reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.” … Cf. id. at 1851 (Barrett, J., concurring) (cleaned up).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Kelo v. New London

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

    . § 13:1E-213 (West 2003) (Clean Community and Recycling Grant Act, legislative history); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:55D-114 (West 1991), N.J.S.A. Stat. … and plentiful drinking water for the citizens of the region, and provides other natural resources including “clean air, contiguous forest lands, wetlands, pristine watersheds and habitat for fauna

    545 U.S. 469
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Michael Sackett, et ux., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jun 17, 2022

    Levey, When States Assume: Fulfilling Congress's Objectives Under the Clean Water Act's Wetlands Program, 35 NAT. … Comment Letter at 5. The Clean Water Act requires states to develop water quality standards for WOTUS, and narrowing WOTUS would leave many of those standards without effect under the Act.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — O'Neill v. City of New York, 105 S. Ct. 2110 (1985) (No. 84-805)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1985

    (repealed by Act of June 7, 1878, ch. 160, FN OE ED ccccccnecinsvirnerenicetutiennssenionetossnssenes Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ............--.--------- Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C … of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9604, to alleviate immediate public health risks at 1E.g., Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seg.; Toxic Substances Control

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Midlantic Nat. Bank v. New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1986

    (repealed by Act of June 7, 1878, ch. 160, I I i caicncicttnctensstinstitencerneanccnesitnnianeee 12 Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. .......................- 2 Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C … of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9604, to alleviate immediate public health risks at 1E.g., Clean Water Act cf 1977, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seg.; Toxic Substances Control

    474 U.S. 494
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States v. Texas, 136 S. Ct. 2271 (2016) (No. 15-674)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2016

    ) Act of 2001, Pub. … See also Massa- chusetts, 549 U.S. at 532 (“The broad language of § 202(a)(1) [of the Clean Air Act] reflects an intentional effort to confer the flexibility necessary to forestall ...

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — California Sea Urchin Commission, et al., Petitioners v. Susan Combs, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jul 5, 2018

    Ct. at 1221 (citing Utility Air Reg. Group v. EPA, 134 S. Ct. 2427, 189 (2014)). … The Clean Air Act says the agency “shall promulgate” regulations regarding ambient air quality. 42 U.S.C. § 7409.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 6, 2024

    Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) rescinded The Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program (“SAFE I”) rule and reinstated a waiver of Clean Air Act (“CAA”) preemption … Colby 1132 (cleaned up).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Ohio, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 6, 2024

    Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) rescinded The Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program (“SAFE I”) rule and reinstated a waiver of Clean Air Act (“CAA”) preemption … Colby 1132 (cleaned up).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Robinhood Markets, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Vinod Sodha, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Mar 11, 2026

    They were fully aired below and have been extensively considered by courts across the country. … So unlike Facebook and NVIDIA— both of which posed case-specific vehicle issues—this case presents a clean, recurring, and dispositive legal issue that warrants this Court’s review.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1990

    THE INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Each of the amici curiae is an air carrier or a foreign air car- rier as defined by Section 101(3) and Section 101(22) of the Fed- eral Aviation Act of 1958 (“FAA Act’’) … period of notice prior to suit.

    495 U.S. 299
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — City of Grants Pass, Oregon, Petitioner v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 25, 2023

    problems of earlier eras—struggling people sleeping on park benches or outside shelters—have given way to the new phenomenon of homeless encampments, where large numbers of people congregate for extended periods … Using the 2016 encampment ordinance and other public safety laws that prohibit camping or sleeping in public places, the City began cleaning up several homeless encampments per week.22 Before cleaning

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Michael Sackett, et ux., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Apr 18, 2022

    “The reach of the Clean Water Act is notoriously unclear.” Sackett v. EPA, 566 U.S. 120, 132 (2012) (Alito, J., concurring). … “The Clean Water Act anticipates a partnership between the States and the Federal Government[.]” Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91, 101 (1992).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States v. Bestfoods

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1998

    Mining operations at the Site have resulted in groundwater pollution that must be cleaned up. … In order to meet this test, the evidence must be unequivocal that the acts relied upon truly were acts of the parent.

    524 U.S. 51
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Northern Arapaho Tribe, et al., Petitioners v. Wyoming, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Mar 22, 2018

    This Court has held that almost all tribal authority over non-Indians depends on consensual relationships or specific grants from Congress.14 The clean air law at issue in this case is an example of the … latter.15 However, the EPA grants sought by the tribes would not confer any regulatory authority over non-Indians; they would enable the tribes to develop technical capacity to monitor air quality.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Food and Drug Administration, et al., Petitioners v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Feb 29, 2024

    EPA, 573 U.S. 302, 324 (2014) (rejecting view of Clean Air Act that would have “br[ought] about an enormous and transformative expansion in EPA’s regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization … Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001), this Court refused to read the Clean Water Act to give a federal agency control over certain lands traditionally regulated by States. Id. at 162.

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