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Oral argument — United States v. Henry Matthies

Oral argument · Oral argument · Mar 9, 2009

Air care, the Ninth Circuit found, was suggestive as applied to products that would clean the air. … And I will comment on the standard of review. I think that appellant misstated the standard of review in their papers.

Oral argument — Michelle Maliniak v. City of Tuscon

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 11, 2015

I thought she was going to clean her truck and the other truck was sitting there. They went to go move that truck in order to clean it. So she wasn't going to clean. And they had to clean the truck. … So you look at the whole period of time that's in play and all the acts and you ask whether it adds up. It's essential to creating an environment that is not conducive to work.

Oral argument — State of Washington v. Crown Resources Corporation

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 20, 2026

District Court ruled that two citizen plaintiffs cannot obtain double recoveries for the same violations of the Clean Water Act. … The Clean Water Act says that citizens who plaintiffs bring these cases on their own behalf.

Oral argument — BNSF Railway Company v. Friends of the Columbia Gorge

Oral argument · Oral argument · Mar 4, 2021

I mean, any number of other statutes in antitrust Sherman act, the environmental statutes, clean water act, safety act, those are all, those are all federal statutes administered by federal entities. … The clean water and clean air act as examples. Right.

Oral argument — Stein v. Costco Wholesale Corporation dba Costco Wholesale 685

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 6, 2024

I it seems like they were just trying to clean it up and they documented it and they photographed it. … There was never any reference at any period of time during this case as to any expert retained.

Oral argument — Cleveland v. City of Los Angeles

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 6, 2004

of money is due for the pre-'99 period. … that time period.

Oral argument — State of Oregon v. FERC

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 10, 2011

We clearly prevail on the Clean Water Act and Coastal Zone Management Act claims. … It has to be related to the Clean Water Act or the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Oral argument — CITY OF ARCADIA v. EPA

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 10, 2005

That's not what the Clean Water Act says. The Clean Water Act says vis-a-vis the TMDL process, the waste load allocations are to be applied to the receiving water. … But then the question is, still, whether or not they had a deadline in the consent decree, the Clean Water Act still applies. Under the Clean Water Act, it is very clear. It's an either-or process.

Oral argument — United States v. Howard

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jul 14, 2004

What does a clean gun mean? All of those things I think were proper and the judge did not abuse his discretion in allowing that to come in. … Could you comment on the argument by the defendant that this is the equivalent of a one-photo display? Yes, Your Honor.

Oral argument — United States v. Marcia Ann Goodbear

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 7, 2011

Would you comment on that? … Correct, Your Honor, which extends throughout that entire period.

Oral argument — Cent. Sierra Envtl. Res. Ctr. v. Stanislaus Nat'l Forest

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 14, 2020

Section 313 of the Clean Water Act requires federal agencies to comply fully with state and local water quality requirements. … It was adopted pursuant to notice and comment rule making. It was analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act.

Oral argument — Farchione Motors, Inc. v. Volkswagen Group of America

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 11, 2020

Air Act found that Volkswagen has potentially continuing and even if it's unexpected and enormous liability, the plain language text and structure as a matter of law can lead to that outcome. … So first, VW, acting as a claim administrator, makes an initial eligibility determination.

Oral argument — Home Blds Assoc NC v. USFWS

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 15, 2010

And they're not just talking about the Endangered Species Act. They're talking about the Clean Water Act, any federal environmental statute. But I don't know why they have no logical stopping point. … I think it's implicit that if you're not even going to look at the listing cost, you wouldn't be looking at cost of California statutes, the Clean Water Act, et cetera.

Oral argument — Waterkeeper Alliance v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 5, 2024

When Congress wrote the Clean Water Act in 1972, they made cleaning up the nation's and making our waters fishable and swimmable again. … And the Clean Water Act intends for those limits to keep pace with technology.

Oral argument — Great Basin Mine Watch v. Hankins

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 14, 2006

So that's the second Clean Water Act issue. The first one is the dewatering. … So we feel that that's a violation of the Clean Water Act. The other part of the Clean Water Act that is even more specific is the anti-degradation provisions.

Oral argument — Conocophillips Alaska, Inc. v. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 20, 2024

It has regulations that set specific time periods for the release of data, unlike in the NPRA where it's a regulation that simply says Freedom of Information Act will govern the release. … Unlike other laws, the Clean Water Act or the Clean Air Act or something where Congress might have to take into account lots of different regulatory schemes by different states, this is a one-off, and

Oral argument — Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 8, 2020

The Air Group had the tribe running self-sufficiently. No government grants were requested. … If you want to participate in the Paiute Judgment Fund, you must not be in this colony and acting as counsel.

Oral argument — Lighthiser v. Trump

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 13, 2026

or in the Clean Air Act that plaintiffs studiously avoid and omit from their complaint because they're not challenging any agency action. … Plaintiffs toss out a number of allegedly illegal statutory violations by federal agencies, but they don't bring challenges to any of these agency actions under the APA or the Clean Air Act, and instead

Oral argument — United States v. Arturo Astorga-Gonzalez

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 2, 2013

Well, so how do I suggest on clear air review that the official was made aware by your client of all relevant historical facts? I don't clear air review. Right. … I was going to say, do you want to comment about the motion to strike? Yes.

Oral argument — Columbia Riverkeeper v. Andrew Wheeler

Oral argument · Oral argument · Aug 26, 2019

There, this court rejected a claim that a different portion of the Clean Water Act had a non-discretionary duty by EPA under the Clean Water Act that was a far stronger candidate for a mandatory duty than … It also involved whether there was a Clean Water Act mandatory duty.