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Foundation on Economic Trends v. Heckler

The court rules that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) amended its regulations to allow approval of releases of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), embarked on an ad hoc program of approving such releases, and approved a specific release by the University of California, all without undert...

United States v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

The court rules that a manufacturer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has no liability for indemnity or contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to a PCB user that faces liability for ...

United States v. Union Gas Co.

The court rules that mining wastes exempted from regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) are covered by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) if they are listed under other statutes incorporated by reference in CERCLA's definiti...

Wickland Oil Terminals v. Asarco, Inc.

The court rules that private party recovery of response costs under §107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is limited to cases where the government has initiated a response action. The court first holds that plaintiff's claim for a declaratory jud...

Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council

In an opinion subscribed to by all six Justices participating, the Court holds that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) nonattainment area program rules under the Clean Air Act, which define stationary "source" so as to allow states to treat all pollution-emitting points in a single indust...

Wisconsin v. Weinberger

The court holds that it may not weigh national security factors against environmental factors in deciding whether to enjoin ongoing violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) associated with the Navy's extremely low frequency (ELF) submarine communications project. The court rules th...

Arsenal Coal Co. v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Envtl. Resources

The court holds that coal companies have the right to preenforcement judicial review of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal regulatory program, enacted to secure primary regulatory jurisdiction over certain aspects of anthracite coal mining under the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Th...

General Motors Corp. v. EPA

The court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) denial of a request to extend the June 30, 1984, deadline by which integrated electroplating facilities must comply with pretreatment standards under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. EPA's refusal to initiate rulemaking to exten...

Ferebee v. Chevron Chem. Co.

The court holds that the fact that the warning label that appellant put on paraquat was determined adequate by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preclude liability under state wrongful death law for failure to ade...

Collier v. Springdale, City of

The court holds that a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action for taking of his property via sewage pollution of groundwater without just compensation or due process is unavailable to appellee because state law provides adequate mechanisms for compensation and injunctive relief. The City of Springdale had discharg...