News from the Circuits

William S. Jordan, University of Akron Law School

Abstract

D.C. Circuit – Clean Air Act’s State-by-State Text Trumps EPA’s Regional Solution. North Carolina v. EPA, 531 F.3d 896 (D.C. Cir 2008).

D.C. Circuit – Dissent’s Literalism Strives to Revive the Nondelegation Doctrine. Mistretta v. U.S., 488 U.S. 361, 415 (1989) and Michigan Gambling Opposition v. Kempthorne, 525 F.3d 23 (D.C. Cir. 2008).

9th Circuit Takes a Softer “Hard Look” at Forest Service Methodology. Ecology Center, Inc. v. Austin, 430 F.3d 1057 (9th Cir.2005) and Lands Council v. McNair, 2008 WL 2640001 (9th Cir. 2008).

D.C. Circuit – Agency Head Deviation from Prior Staff Decisions Not Arbitrary and Capricious. Comcast Corp. v. FCC, 526 F.3d 763 (D.C. Cir. 2008).

8th Circuit – No Absolute Right to Cross-Examination in Formal Agency Adjudication. Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389 (1971) and Passmore v. Astrue, 533 F.3d 658 (8th Cir. 2008).