Harrison, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. v. Ppg Industries, Inc., et al.

Decided May 27, 1980. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1918 · 446 U.S. 578 (1980) · Cited 382 times

Holding

The phrase "any other final action" in 307(b)(1) is to be construed in accordance with its literal meaning so as to reach any action of the Administrator that is final, not just final actions of the Administrator similar to actions under the specifically enumerated provisions that precede the catch all phrase in the statute.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Gooch v. United States · 297 U.S. 124 (1936)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• United States v. Powell · 423 U.S. 87 (1975)
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann · 434 U.S. 192 (1977)
• Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States · 434 U.S. 275 (1978)
• Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · 420 U.S. 395 (1975)

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• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · 470 U.S. 729 (1985)
• Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
• Arcadia v. Ohio Power Co. · 498 U.S. 73 (1990)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 564 (1982)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid · 490 U.S. 730 (1989)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Ohio Forestry Assn., Inc. v. Sierra Club · 523 U.S. 726 (1998)
• Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management · 470 U.S. 768 (1985)
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams · 544 U.S. 113 (2005)
• United States v. Aguilar · 515 U.S. 593 (1995)
• Whitfield v. United States · 543 U.S. 209 (2005)
• Federal Communications Commission v. ITT World Communications, Inc. · 466 U.S. 463 (1984)
• American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 499 U.S. 606 (1991)
• EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. · 605 U.S. 627 (2025)

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