Environmental
Mar. 4, 2014
9th Circuit ruling may curb Clean Air Act lawsuits
In a strikingly contentious opinion, while a vocal minority dissented, a majority of 9th Circuit judges declined to rehear the panel's decision denying standing in a CAA suit. By Kelly M. Percival
Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear en banc a decision handed down last October by a three-judge panel, thereby leaving in place a decision that could be a major hurdle for plaintiffs in future environmental lawsuits aimed at reducing climate change.
In Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon, 732 F.3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2013), the Washington Environmental Council and the Sierra Club brought a...
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