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Sackett v EPA (2012)

566 U.S. 120 (2012)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year2012
StatusBinding authority

Summary

An EPA compliance order under the Clean Water Act constitutes final agency action subject to pre-enforcement judicial review under the APA.

Key Principle

Clean Water Act; compliance order is final agency action subject to judicial review under APA

Area of Law

environmental

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