| Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency | |
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| Argued January 9, 2012 Decided March 21, 2012 | |
| Full case name | Chantell Sackett, et vir v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
| Docket no. | 10-1062 |
| Citations | 566 U.S. 120 (more) 132 S. Ct. 1367; 182 L. Ed. 2d 367; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2320 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Case dismissed, 2008 WL 3286801 (D. Idaho Aug. 7, 2008); affirmed, 622 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2010); cert. granted, 564 U.S. 1052 (2011). |
| Subsequent | Remanded to District court, 677 F.3d 1000 (9th. Cir. 2012) |
| Holding | |
| Orders under the Clean Water Act are subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires an appeals process for any ruling by a federal agency. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Scalia, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg |
| Concurrence | Alito |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. V, Clean Water Act, Administrative Procedure Act | |
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 566 U.S. 120 (2012), also known as Sackett I (to distinguish it from the 2023 case), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that orders issued by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act are subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.[1] The Court ruled that because the Environmental Protection Agency's orders constitute "final agency action" under the Administrative Procedure Act, federal courts may hear appeals from its orders.