Case Status

2 results

ENGINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOC. v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY (39260)

    Order dated: 06/09/03
    Docket number: 02-1343
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

ENGINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOC. v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY (39260)

    Order dated: 12/15/03
    Docket number: 02-1343
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether local government regulations prohibiting the purchase of new motor vehicles with specified emission characteristics--which are otherwise approved for sale by state and federal regulators--are preempted by the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ยง 7401 et seq.

An opinion has been handed down: