Case Updates
Petition for writ of mandamus denied in greenhouse emissions case
June 26, 2008
The D.C. Circuit denied the mandamus writ asking the court to order the EPA to issue an “endangerment finding” for greenhouse emissions. The court agreed with NCLC that the EPA cannot be compelled by a writ of mandamus to make an endangerment finding because such a requirement is not specified in any statute or Supreme Court decision.
Case Documents
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. EPA (Joint Brief of Intervenors, 11-2-04).pdf
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. EPA, et al. (SCOTUS Decision, 4-2-07).pdf
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. EPA (Response to Writ of Mandamus, 5-15-08).pdf
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