Principal Law:

Supremacy Clause

31 Cases found

Electric Power Supply Association v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 04/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to Illinois law that created a Zero Emissions Credit program allegedly to support uneconomic nuclear plants.

American Petroleum Institute v. Cooper

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.C.
Status: Order issued granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. [ 12/16/2011 ]
Description: Challenge to state law requiring refineries to sell wholesalers gas unblended with ethanol.

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Letter from U.S. Supreme Court dated April 8, 2019 filed. [ 04/12/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard on constitutional grounds.

Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Stine

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Minn.
Status: Memorandum opinion and order issued. [ 09/29/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota's requirement that diesel fuel sold in the state contain a certain percentage of biodiesel.

Wyoming v. United States Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Waste Prevention Rule vacated except with respect to specified severable provisions. [ 10/08/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to United States Bureau of Land Management’s final rule concerning methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands.

Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 04/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to component of New York Clean Energy Standard that provided payments to certain nuclear facilities providing "zero-emission" power.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed as to the New York Attorney General and dismissal of complaint affirmed as to Massachusetts Attorney General. [ 03/15/2022 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.

North Dakota v. Heydinger

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Minnesota said it would not pursue appeal. [ 08/22/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota law that prohibits importation of power from large energy facilities that would contribute to statewide greenhouse gas emissions.