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· 1/26/2001

Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Citations

  • 236 F.3d 738
  • 344 U.S. App. D.C. 371
  • 31 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20367
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 1051

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  • holding that while petitioner seeking review of FERC orders imposing conditions on its license “may be able to advance a colorable Takings-Clause claim, it is not within our jurisdiction to adjudicate it”
  • “[A]n agency acts arbitrarily and capriciously when it abruptly departs from a position it previously held without satisfactorily explaining its reason for doing so.”
  • “[A]n agency acts arbitrarily and capriciously when it abruptly departs from a position it previously held without satisfactorily explaining its reason for doing so.”
  • “Given the presence of disputing expert witnesses,” the court “‘must defer to ‘the informed discretion of the responsible federal agencies.’”

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Judges: Edwards, Sentelle, Randolph

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