United States DC Circuit

Section 116 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act creates no continuing appropriation for Nevada where it does not grant the Department of Energy authority to provide Nevada with additional financial assistance from the Nuclear Waste Fund.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/10/2005
• Decided 03/08/2005
• Published 03/08/2005

Judges

• Before:  RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Cynkar argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Joseph R. Egan, Martin G. Malsch, Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Nevada, and Marta A. Adams, Senior Deputy Attorney General.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald M. Spritzer, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the brief were Greer S. Goldman and John A. Bryson, Attorneys, and Marc Johnston, Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy., Michael A. Bauser and Robert W. Bishop were on the brief for amicus curiae Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. in support of respondents.