United States Eleventh Circuit

Grant of partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, based on alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 7401-7671q, at a large power plant owned by defendant, is reversed where the district court should have allowed defendant invoke as a defense a startup, shutdown, or malfunction (SSM) rule approved by the EPA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2006
• Published 03/30/2006

Judges

• HULL, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, HULL and FARRIS , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for Georgia Pulp and Paper Ass'n, Inc., Amicus Curiae., G. Graham Holden, Jones Day, Charles A. Perry, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Oglethorpe Power Corp., Amicus Curiae., Cletus W. Bergen, II, Savannah, GA, for Environmental Integrity Project, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret Claiborne Campbell, Daniel S. Reinhardt, Gary R. Sheehan, Jr., Amanda C. Baxter, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant., Robert Ukeiley, Law Office of Robert Ukeiley, Berea, KY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.