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US Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Rules Under the Clean Air Act

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The US Supreme Court in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport clarified where challenges to certain US Environmental Protection Agency actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed. The Court split the difference between competing...more

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Are North Carolina Court of Appeals Judges Dissenting Less?

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Until recently, a single judge sitting on a panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals could tee up an issue for the Supreme Court of North Carolina simply by filing a dissenting opinion. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30(2) allowed...more

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Supreme Court sets new rules for Clean Air Act lawsuits

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In Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., the Supreme Court set out the test for determining the proper venue for judicial review of EPA actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Challenges to...more

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In TCPA Case, SCOTUS Rules District Courts Are Not Bound by Final FCC Orders

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Key Takeaways: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Hobbs Act does not require district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to follow federal administrative agencies’ legal interpretations of federal statutes....more

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A SHARP DISSENT: A Review Of The Dissent’s Take On The Supreme Court’s Ruling In McLaughlin.

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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226, 2025 WL 1716136 (U.S. June 20, 2025), the Supreme Court determined that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Rules for Clean Air Act Challenges

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US Supreme Court Clean Air Act (CAA) decisions often result in big-picture changes to administrative law. Two CAA decisions this term deal with CAA’s venue-related provisions which specify where cases challenging US...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Courts No Longer Have to Follow FCC Rulings

In a landmark decision released on June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Hobbs Act does not require federal district courts to treat Federal Communications Commission (FCC) orders as binding precedent in private...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Supreme Court Interprets the Clean Air Act's Venue Provision in Companion Cases 

Today, the Supreme Court interpreted the Clean Air Act’s venue framework for judicial review of EPA actions. Under 42 U. S. C. §7607(b)(1), “nationally applicable” EPA actions can be challenged only in the D. C. Circuit,...more

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Arizona Court of Appeals “Updates the Handbook” on Judicial Review of Agency Action

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When operating a business, it is nearly impossible not to have to interact with state or other local government agencies. Decisions regarding permits, licenses, government contracts, workforce compliance, environmental...more

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Supreme Court to consider FCC's power to interpret the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

The United States Supreme Court will hear the case McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, which poses the question of whether federal district courts, under the Hobbs Act, must adhere to the rulings...more

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