Clean Air Act (CAA)

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State of Ohio v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

July 22, 2021

Ohio Supreme Court concludes that the federal Clean Air Act neither expressly nor impliedly preempts claims under state law for manufacturers’ post-sale tampering with vehicles’ emissions-control...

Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

July 14, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit (1) to revisit, in light of new Supreme Court case law, plaintiffs’ standing to assert Clean Air Act citizen-suit claims and (2) to...

Clean Air Council v. U.S. Steel Corp.

June 21, 2021

Third Circuit holds that only Clean Air Act reporting requirements, and not CERCLA reporting requirements, apply to emissions governed by a Clean Air Act permit. The U.S. Chamber filed a...

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corporation

May 24, 2021

Supreme Court grants, vacates, and remands cert. petition in light of its holding in B.P. p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore that where a lower court rejects removal of an action to...

B.P. p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

May 17, 2021

Supreme Court holds that where a lower court rejects removal of an action to federal court under the federal officer removal doctrine, an appellate court can review all grounds for removal...

American Lung Association v. EPA

January 19, 2021

D.C. Circuit vacates Affordable Clean Energy rule, rejecting bases for withdrawing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with new standards. The U.S. Chamber, as an intervenor, opposed this...

B.P. p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

November 23, 2020

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that where a lower court rejects removal of an action to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, an appellate court can review all grounds...

Upstate Forever v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

November 16, 2020

Case dismissed.

Clean Air Council v. U.S. Steel Corp.

October 30, 2020

U.S. Chamber and business groups file amicus brief urging Third Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that recognized Congress specifically designated the Clean Air Act reporting requirements,...

B.P. p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

October 2, 2020

Supreme Court grants cert. petition addressing the scope of review available where a lower court rejects removal of an action to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. The U.S....