Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the States’ response to earlier iterations of the Act focused on information and incentives had been “disappointing”
• explaining that EPA’s primary responsibility in approving plans is to determine whether “the ultimate effect of a State’s choice of emission limitations is compliance with the national standards for ambient air”
• discussing the history of the Clean Air Act and how the premise of the Act was to give states and local governments responsibility over preventing air pollution \at its source\
• construing provi­ sion of Clean Air Act that gave states authority to devise and enforce plans for achieving congressionally defined, national air quality standards
• construing provision o f Clean Air Act that gave states authority to devise and enforce plans for achieving congressionally defined national air quality standards
• noting availability, in addition to federal enforcement by EPA and citizens, of “whatever state [enforcement] procedures are available under the [SIP]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).