United States Ninth Circuit

The federal government's claim that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act preempted Nevada state law prohibiting nuclear waste storage in state under the Supremacy Clause is sufficient to confer federal court jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2001
• Decided 10/15/2001
• Published 10/15/2001

Judges

• Before:  HUG, Jr. and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General;  Stephen A. Bartell, David C. Shilton, and Jared A. Goldstein, Attorneys, Department of Justice, for plaintiff-appellant United States.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General;  Paul G. Taggart, Deputy Attorney General, for defendants-appellees Director of Nevada Department of Conservation Resources and the Nevada State Engineer., Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General;  Marta A. Adams, Senior Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellee Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.