Mercury and Air Toxics case resources
      
  
      
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  Here are case resources for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards court battle, including supporting and opposing briefs filed in the four key cases.
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals – Supplemental Finding
Order granting abeyance
- Order [PDF]
April 27, 2017 
Motion for Delay of Oral Argument
- EPA [PDF]
 - State and Local Government Opposition to Delay [PDF]
 - NGO Opposition to Delay [PDF]
 - Power Companies Opposition to Delay [PDF]
 
Reply briefs
Respondent briefs
Amicus Briefs in Support of EPA
- Tribes and Tribal Organizations [PDF]
 - Institute for Policy Integrity [PDF]
 - American Thoracic Society [PDF]
 - Scientists [PDF]
 
Opening Briefs
Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners
Motions to Intervene
- EDF and Other NGOs [PDF]
 - State and Local Governments [PDF]
 - American Lung Association and others [PDF] | Exhibits [PDF]
 - Calpine-Exelon [PDF}
 
Petitions for Review
- Murray Energy Corporation [PDF]
 - ARIPPA [PDF]
 - Michigan et al. [PDF]
 - Utility Air Regulatory Group [PDF]
 - Southern Co., et al. [PDF]
 - Oak Grove Management Co. [PDF]
 
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
Order Denying Certiorari
- Order [PDF]
June 13, 2016 
Reply Briefs
Briefs in Opposition to Certiorari
Petitions for Writ of Certiorari
Amicus Briefs in Support of Cert Petitions
Order Denying Stay Motions
Briefs in Opposition to a Stay
- EPA [PDF]
 - Power companies [PDF]
 - EDF, Other NGOs, State and Local Governments [PDF]
 - EDF, Other NGOs, State and Local Governments Addendum [PDF]
 
Applications for a stay
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals – Remand Briefs
Motions to govern
Against vacatur
- EPA reply [PDF]
 - EDF, States, Cities, and Environmental and Health Groups reply [PDF]
 - Power companies reply [PDF]
 
- EPA response [PDF]
 - EDF, States, Cities, and Environmental and Health Groups response [PDF]
 - Power Companies response [PDF]
 
For vacatur
- States and Industries response [PDF]
 - Tri-State Generation Inc. response [PDF]
 - States and Industries [PDF]
 - Tri-State Generation Inc. [PDF]
 
Other responses
Supreme Court Briefs
Supreme Court Decision
Merits stage
Reply Briefs
- Utility Air Regulatory Group [PDF]
 - National Mining Association [PDF]
 - Michigan and Other States [PDF]
 
Amicus Briefs in Support of EPA
- American Thoracic Society [PDF]
 - Emission Control Companies [PDF]
 - Public Health and Medical School Professors [PDF]
 - Union of Concerned Scientists [PDF]
 - Experts in Air Pollution Control [PDF]
 - Constitutional Accountability Center [PDF]
 - Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law [PDF]
 - National Congress of American Indians et al [PDF]
 
Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners
- Cato Institute [PDF]
 - Chamber of Commerce et al [PDF]
 - Murray Energy Corporation [PDF]
 - Peabody Energy Corporation [PDF]
 
Respondent Briefs
Opening Briefs
- Utility Air Regulatory Group [PDF]
 - National Mining Association [PDF]
 - Michigan and Other States [PDF]
 
Cert. stage
Reply Briefs
- Utility Air Regulatory Group [PDF]
 - National Mining Association [PDF]
 - Michigan and Other States [PDF]
 
Briefs in Opposition to Certiorari
- EPA Brief in Opposition [PDF]
 - EDF and Other Respondents Brief in Oppostion [PDF]
 - 21 States and Cities Brief in Opposition [PDF]
 - Industry Brief in Opposition [PDF]
 
Petitions for Writ of Certiorari
- Utility Air Regulatory Group [PDF]
 - National Mining Association [PDF]
 - Michigan and Other States [PDF]
 
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Briefs
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
No. 12-1100 and consolidated cases.
- Decision [PDF]
 
Briefs supporting the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
- Reply Brief of Environmental Petitioners [PDF]
 - Amicus brief: Public health experts and others [PDF]
 - Industry brief in defense of mercury standards [PDF]
 - States and cities brief in defense of mercury standards [PDF]
 - Environmental organizations recommending improvements to specific issues related to the standards [PDF]
 - EDF brief, with other NGOs [PDF]
 - EPA brief [PDF]