Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (2012)

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
Argued January 9, 2012
Decided March 21, 2012
Full case nameChantell Sackett, et vir v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
Docket no.10-1062
Citations566 U.S. 120 (more)
132 S. Ct. 1367; 182 L. Ed. 2d 367; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2320
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorCase dismissed, 2008 WL 3286801 (D. Idaho Aug. 7, 2008); affirmed, 622 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2010); cert. granted, 564 U.S. 1052 (2011).
SubsequentRemanded 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
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityScalia, joined by unanimous
ConcurrenceGinsburg
ConcurrenceAlito
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.

  1. ^ 566 U.S. 120 (2012)