Edmund G. Brown v. Environmental Protection Agency, People of the State of California Ex Rel. Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General v. Environmental Protection Agency

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566 F.2d 665·11 ERC (BNA) 1161·8 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20140·1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5492
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 23, 197777-2558California5,942 words

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566 F.2d 665 11 ERC 1161 , 8 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,140 Edmund G. BROWN et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. Evelle J. YOUNGER, Attorney General, Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. Nos. 73-3306, 73-3305, 73-3307 and 77-2558. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 23, 1977. Joel S. Moskowitz (argued), Sacramento, Cal., M. Weinberger, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners. Neil T. Proto (argued), Washington D. C., Michael Graves (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for respondent. On petition to Review Actions of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Before WRIGHT, KILKENNY and SNEED, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 This case in a somewhat more expanded form has been before this court previously. See Brown v. Environmental Protection Agency, 521 F.2d 827 (9th Cir. 1975), vacated 431 U.S. 99 , 97 S.Ct. 1635 , 52 L.Ed.2d 166 , (Brown I ). There we held that neither section 113(a)(1) nor section 113(a)(2) of the then existing version of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1857c-8(a)(1) and (2), 1977 Cum.Ann. Pocket Part, authorized the Administrator to…

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