Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen
Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen
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Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 21, 2004
Decided June 7, 2004
Full case name Department of Transportation, et al. v. Public Citizen, et al.
Holding
Because FMCSA lacks discretion to prevent cross-border operations of Mexican motor carriers, neither NEPA nor the CAA requires FMCSA to evaluate the environmental effects of such operations.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority Thomas, joined by unanimous court

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004), is a case argued in the Supreme Court of the United States on 21 April 2004. The question the case presented relates to Presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade Actions exempt from environmental-review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Air Act. Specifically, the question is whether those Actions are subject to those requirements as a result of a rulemaking action concerning motor carrier safety by the federal agency with responsibility for that type of safety.

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  • Text of Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004) is available from: Justia · Findlaw
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Supreme Court decisions
Sierra Club v. Morton (1972) · United States v. SCRAP (1973) · Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill (1978) · Vermont Yankee v. NRDC (1978) · Hughes v. Oklahoma (1979) · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992) · United States v. Bestfoods (1998) · Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (2000) · SWANCC v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) · Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen (2004) · Rapanos v. United States (2006) · Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) · National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife (2007) · Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009)
Major federal legislation and treaties
Lacey Act (1900) · Weeks Act (1911) · North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (1911)  · Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1934) · Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (1954) · Clean Air Act (1970) · National Environmental Policy Act (1970) · Clean Water Act (1972) · Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1972) · Endangered Species Act (1973) · Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) · Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) · Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) · Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) · CERCLA (Superfund) (1980) · Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (1986)
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