| Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen | |
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| Argued April 21, 2004 Decided June 7, 2004 | |
| Full case name | Department of Transportation, et al. v. Public Citizen, et al. |
| Citations | 541U.S.752 (more) 124 S. Ct. 2204; 159L. Ed. 2d 60 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Public Citizen v. DOT, 316F.3d1002 (9th Cir. 2003);cert. granted,540 U.S. 1088 (2003). |
| Holding | |
| Because FMCSA lacks discretion to prevent cross-border operations of Mexican motor carriers, neither NEPA nor the CAA requires FMCSA to evaluate the environmental effects of such operations. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined byunanimous |
Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004), is aSupreme Court of the United States case in which the court held that, because FMCSA lacks discretion to prevent cross-border operations of Mexican motor carriers, neither NEPA nor the CAA requires FMCSA to evaluate the environmental effects of such operations. The case was argued on 21 April 2004. The question the case presented related to presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions exempt from environmental-review requirements under theNational Environmental Policy Act and theClean Air Act. Specifically, the question is whether those actionsare subject to those requirements as a result of a rulemaking action concerning motor carrier safety by the federal agency with responsibility for that type of safety.
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