June 18, 2025
NRC v. Texas (23-1300)
Entities who were not parties to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing proceeding are not entitled to obtain judicial review of the NRC’s licensing decision under the Hobbs Act.
EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. (23-1229)
Under the Clean Air Act, EPA’s denials of small refinery exemption petitions are locally or regionally applicable actions that fall within the “nationwide scope or effect” exception, requiring venue in the D. C. Circuit. See 42 U. S. C. §7607(b)(1).
Oklahoma v. EPA (23-1067)
Under the Clean Air Act, EPA’s disapprovals of the Oklahoma and Utah state implementation plans are locally or regionally applicable actions reviewable in a regional court of appeals. See 42 U. S. C. §7607(b)(1).
United States v. Skrmetti (23-477)
Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review.
Perttu v. Richards (23-1324)
Parties are entitled to a jury trial on the issue of exhaustion of remedies under The Prison Litigation Reform Act when that issue is intertwined with the merits of a claim that requires a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.