Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2021

West Virginia v. EPA

Decided June 30, 2022. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-1530 · 597 U.S. 697 · Cited 117 times

Holding

Congress did not grant the Environmental Protection Agency in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emissions caps based on the generation shifting approach the Agency took in the Clean Power Plan.

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