Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Environmental Law : From 10/01/00 To 07/01/01
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Environmental Law |
| Title: | WHITMAN v. AM. TRUCKING ASS'NS, INC. |
| Date: | 02/27/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1257 |
| Summary: | The Clean Air Act, at 42 USC 7409(b), does not permit the Administrator to consider implementation costs in setting national ambient air quality standards, nor does it delegate legislative power to the EPA. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Environmental Law |
| Title: | CENT. GREEN CO. v. US |
| Date: | 02/21/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-859 |
| Summary: | In determining the scope of the immunity granted by the Flood Control Act of 1928, 33 USC 702c, courts should consider the character of the waters that cause the relevant damage and the purposes behind their release rather than the relation between that damage and a flood control project |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Environmental Law |
| Title: | SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENG'RS |
| Date: | 01/09/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1178 |
| Summary: | Title 33 CFR 328.3(a)(3) exceeds the authority of The Clean Water Act at 33 USC 1344(a) (regulating the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters) when applied to an abandoned sand and gravel pit which provides habitat for migratory birds. |