No. 19-835October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020
Valero Energy Corp. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency
This case involves a dispute between Valero Energy Corporation and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding environmental regulations.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 18, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a dispute between Valero Energy Corporation and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding environmental regulations. The Supreme Court is reviewing a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Question presented
Whether the Clean Air Act’s judicial-review provision, 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), which requires that any “nationally applicable” regulation or “final action” be challenged only in the D.C. Circuit, is a jurisdictional limitation or a venue rule.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020
- Area
Administrative Law
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 31, 2026
- Method
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