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  • Apr 02, 2007

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  1. Flast Vs. Cohen US Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1968
  2. Baker Vs. Carr US Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1962
  3. Luther Vs. Borden US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1849
  4. Heckler Vs. Chaney US Supreme Court · Mar 20, 1985
  5. Larson Vs. Valente US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1982
  6. Syllabus October Term, 2006 Massachusetts V. Epa
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  7. See, e.g., Luther v. Borden
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  8. injury is fairly traceable to the defendant, and that a favorable decision will likely redress that injury. See Lujan v. Defenders
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  9. ibid. Only one petitioner needs to have standing to authorize review. See Rumsfeld v. Forum
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  10. will prompt EPA to take steps to reduce that risk, Duke Power Co. v. Carolina
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  11. bring about. Agencies, like legislatures, do not generally resolve massive problems in one fell swoop, see Williamson v. Lee
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  12. their approach as circumstances change and they develop a more nuanced understanding of how best to proceed, cf. SEC v. Chenery
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  13. Court lacks jurisdiction to decide whether EPA has a duty to take steps to slow or reduce it. See Larson v. Valente
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  14. s refusal to initiate enforcement proceedings is not ordinarily subject to judicial review, Heckler v. Chaney
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  15. that may endanger the public welfare. FDA v. Brown
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  16. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Massachusetts v. EPA
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  17. Opinion of the Court Massachusetts V. Epa
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  18. Supreme Court of the United States No. 05-1120 Massachusetts, Et Al., Petitioners V. Environ-
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  19. s decision in FDA v. Brown
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  20. to themselves. Id., at 60 (citing Lujan v. Defenders
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  21. exists when parties seek adjudication of a political question, Luther v. Borden
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  22. s Case , 2 Dall. 409 (1792), see also Clinton v. Jones
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  23. n. 33 (1997), or when the question sought to be adjudicated has been mooted by subsequent developments, California v. San
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  24. see also Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Fla. v. Veneman
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  25. Only one of the petitioners needs to have standing to permit us to consider the petition for review. See Rumsfeld v. Forum
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  26. are not normal litigants for the purposes of invoking federal jurisdiction. As Justice Holmes explained in Georgia v. Tennessee
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  27. well-founded desire to preserve its sovereign territory today. Cf. Alden v. Maine
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  28. its police powers to reduce in-state motor-vehicle emissions might well be pre-empted. See Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto
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  29. See Williamson v. Lee
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  30. approach as circumstances change and as they develop a more-nuanced understanding of how best to proceed. Cf. SEC v. Chenery
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  31. we lack jurisdiction to decide whether EPA has a duty to take steps to slow or reduce it. See also Larson v. Valente
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  32. to marshal its limited resources and personnel to carry out its delegated responsibilities. See Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural
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  33. That discretion is at its height when the agency decides not to bring an enforcement action. Therefore, in Heckler v. Chaney
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  34. s decision not to initiate an enforcement action. See American Horse Protection Assn., Inc. v. Lyng
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  35. National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Assn of America, Inc. v. United
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  36. effort to confer the flexibility necessary to forestall such obsolescence. See Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
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  37. s actions in the event that it makes such a finding. Cf. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural
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  38. a)(1) in 1977 to give its approval to the decision in Ethyl Corp. v. EPA
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  39. Footnote 17 The Chief Justice accuses the Court of misreading Georgia v. Tennessee
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  40. see, e.g. , Missouri v. Illinois
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  41. are at stake). Drawing on Massachusetts v. Mellon
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  42. U. S. 447 (1923), and Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto
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  43. Rico ex rel. Barez , 458 U. S. 592 (1982) (citing Missouri v. Illinois
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  44. emphasis added). In any event, we held in Georgia v. Pennsylvania
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  45. it rather seeks to assert its rights under the Act. See also Nebraska v. Wyoming
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  46. tableh1co2.xls. Footnote 23 See also Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Glickman
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  47. Village of Elk Grove Village v. Evans
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  48. s holding in United States v. Students
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  49. See post , at 14. Footnote 25 See Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker
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  50. is entitled to deference under Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural
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