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· 6/8/2001

Appalachian Power Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency

Citations

  • 251 F.3d 1026
  • 346 U.S. App. D.C. 211
  • 31 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20670
  • 52 ERC (BNA) 1513
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11852

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “An agency cannot be faulted for failing to address such issues that were not raised by petitioners.”
  • “[R]es judicata bars relitigation not only of matters determined in a previous litigation[,] but also ones that a party could have raised.”
  • “[A] party must initially present its comments to the agency during the rulemaking in order for the court to consider the issue.” (citation, internal quotation marks, and alteration omitted)
  • “It is black-letter administrative law that 18 absent special circumstances, a party must initially present its comments to the agency 19 during the rulemaking in order for the court to consider the issue.”
  • “‘[A] party must initially present its comments to the agency during the rulemaking in order for the court to consider the issue.’ ” (quoting Tex Tin Corp. v. EPA, 935 F.2d 1321, 1323 (D.C. Cir. 1991))
  • “It is black-letter administrative law that absent special circumstances, a party must initially present its comments to the agency during the rulemaking in order for the court to consider the issue.” (citation, internal quotation marks, and alteration omitted)

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Judges: Edwards, Sentelle, Williams

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