United States DC Circuit

The Clean Air Act does not authorize the EPA to regulate emissions based on their effects on global climate.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2005
• Decided 07/15/2005
• Published 07/19/2005

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James R. Milkey and Howard Fox argued the cause for petitioners.   With them on the briefs were Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Mendelson, III, David Bookbinder, Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of California, Nicholas Stern and Marc N. Melnick, Deputy Attorneys General, David Doniger, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Connecticut, Kimberly Massicotte and Matthew Levine, Assistant Attorneys General, Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of New Jersey, Stefanie A. Brand, Deputy Attorney General, Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Oregon, Philip Schradle, Special Counsel, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Gerald T. Karr and Thomas E. Davis, Assistant Attorneys General, Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of New Mexico, Stuart M. Bluestone, Deputy Attorney General, Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Rhode Island, Tricia K. Jedele, Special Assistant, G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Maine, Gerald D. Reid, Assistant Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of New York, Peter Lehner and J. Jared Snyder, Assistant Attorneys General, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Vermont, Erick Titrud and Kevin O. Leske, Assistant Attorneys General, Rob McKenna, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Washington, David K. Mears, Assistant Attorney General, John Hogrogian, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Julie M. Anderson, Fiti A. Sunia, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the American Samoa, Ralph S. Tyler, III, Solicitor, City of Baltimore, William Phelan, Jr., Counsel, James B. Tripp, Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the District of Columbia, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, and Donna M. Murasky, Senior Litigation Counsel., Rebecca L. Bernard and Jeremy Kyle Kinner were on the brief of amici curiae Indigenous Environmental Network, REDOIL and Physicians for Social Responsibility., Neil D. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Michigan, argued the cause for intervenors States of Michigan, et al., and amicus curiae State of Indiana.   With him on the briefs were Alan F. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Jane E. Atwood, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Texas, Douglas Conde, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Idaho, Charles M. Carvell, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of North Dakota, Fred Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Utah, Roxanne Giedd, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of South Dakota, Steven E. Mulder, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Alaska, David W. Davies, Attorney, Attorney General's Office of the State of Kansas, David D. Cookson and Natalee J. Hart, Assistant Attorneys General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Nebraska, Dale T. Vitale, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Ohio, and Thomas M. Fisher, Special Counsel, Attorney General's Office of the State of Indiana., Edward W. Warren and Eric B. Wolff were on the brief of amicus curiae John D. Dingell (D-Michgan) in support of denial of petitions for review.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Jon M. Lipshultz, Attorney, Ann R. Klee, General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and John T. Hannon and Nancy Ketcham-Colwill, Counsel., Norman W. Fichthorn, Allison D. Wood, William A. Anderson, II., Eric P. Gotting, Russell S. Frye, John L. Wittenborn, William L. Fang, Dell E. Perelman, Leslie A. Hulse, Richard Wasserstrom, Harry M. Ng, Ralph J. Colleli, Jr., Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, John T. Whatley, Julie C. Becker, Douglas I. Greenhaus, Jed R. Mandel, Timothy A. French, Robert G. Slaughter, Mark J. Washko, and Nick Goldstein were on the brief of industry intervenors in support of respondent., Daniel J. Popeo, Paul D. Kamenar, Peter Glaser, and Douglas A. Henderson were on the brief of amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation in support of respondent.