Molycorp, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

How courts have described this case

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

• non-binding statements of the agency’s view of particular activities was best described as a policy statement
• noting three criteria for determining when an agency action can constitute the promulgation of a regulation
• characterizing 42 U.S.C. § 6976(a)(1) as “a limitation on our jurisdiction”
• characterizing 42 U.S.C. § 6976(a)(1) as “a limitation on our jurisdiction”
• counsel’s reference to a document’s “advisory role” in enforcement proceedings did not mean that the “document itself would be given any weight at all in enforcement proceedings”
• focusing on whether agency intends to bind itself

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).