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 (2022) · 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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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Gonzales v. Oregon · 546 U.S. 243 (2006)
• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)
• MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 512 U.S. 218 (1994)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• Smith v. Bayer Corp. · 564 U.S. 299 (2011)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Gonzalez v. Thaler · 565 U.S. 134 (2012)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 421 U.S. 60 (1975)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. · 167 U.S. 479 (1897)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Holland v. Florida · 560 U.S. 631 (2010)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Barnhart v. Walton · 535 U.S. 212 (2002)
• Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk · 569 U.S. 66 (2013)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius · 567 U.S. 519 (2012)

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• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)

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