Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
Cert. Pending
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
1. Whether the Oregon Fuel Program—which restricts transportation fuel imports based upon a “life-cycle analysis” that regulates the manner in which the fuels are produced and transported in interstate and foreign commerce—is an impermissible extraterritorial regulation that violates the United States Constitution.
2. Whether the Oregon Fuel Program—which is designed to require and has the effect of requiring outof-state competitors to subsidize in-state producers— violates the Commerce Clause.
Case Updates
Cert. petition denied
May 13, 2019
U.S. Chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review whether Oregon’s “Clean Fuels Program” unconstitutionally discriminates against out of state fuel producers
February 08, 2019
Click here to view the coalition brief filed jointly by the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S Chamber of Commerce.
John Elwood of Vinson & Elkins LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.