Montana Power Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Mont. Power Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 434 U.S. 809 (1977)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 3, 1977
Docket: Nos. 76-529; No. 76-585; No. 76-594; No. 76-603; No. 76-619; No. 76-620
Citations: 434 U.S. 809

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C. A. D. C. Cir. [Certiorari granted, 430 U. S. 953 .] Motion of the Solicitor General to dismiss the writs of certiorari as improvidently granted denied. Judgment vacated and cases remanded for further consideration in light of Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, 91 Stat. 685 , 42 U, S. C. § 7401 et seg. (1976 ed., Supp. I), and to consider suggestion of mootness filed by intervenor-respondents. Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and these cases. Reported below: 176 U. S. App. D. C. 335, 540 F. 2d 1114 .

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(vacated and remanded court of appeals decision in light of Congress’s adoption of statutory PSD program)

Sierra Club v. California, 658 F. Supp. 165 (N.D. Cal. 1987)

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Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Alabama Power Company, American Petroleum Institute, Sierra Club, Bf Goodrich Company, American Paper Institute, Hoosier Energy Division, Mountain Fuel Supply Company, Montana Power Co., Natural Resources Council of Maine, Pittston Co.600 F.2d 844 (D.C. Cir. 1979)
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency657 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club .636 F.2d 323 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency600 F.2d 844 (D.C. Cir. 1979)
Montana Power Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency608 F.2d 334 (9th Cir. 1979)
Sierra Club v. California658 F. Supp. 165 (N.D. Cal. 1987)

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Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Administrator of United States Environmental Protection Agency898 F.2d 183 (D.C. Cir. 1990)
Sierra Club v. California658 F. Supp. 165 (N.D. Cal. 1987)
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency657 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club .636 F.2d 323 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
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