Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Wesley, and Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Saul Ewing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Utz Witmer, Saul Ewing, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon, Albany, New York, on the brief, John F. Stoviak, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
for defendant: For Respondents: Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrew B. Ayers, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Frederick A. Brodie, Assistant Solicitor General, Lisa M. Burianek, Deputy Bureau Chief, Albany, New York, on the brief, Brian Lusignan, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, NY. For Intervenor Stop the Pipeline: Karl S. Coplan, Todd D. Ommen, Anne Marie Garti, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains, New York, on the brief, Kara E. Paulsen**, White Plains, NY. For Intervenors Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, and Riverkeeper, Inc.: Deborah Goldberg, Christine Ernst, Earthjustice, New York, New York, on the brief, Moneen Nasmith, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Natural Gas Supply Association, American Forest & Paper Association, and Process Gas Consumers Group, in support of Petitioner: Roger R. Martella, Jr., Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly, Quentin Riegel, Leland P. Frost, Manufacturers' Center For Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky, Sheldon B. Gilbert, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kevin B. Belford, Michael L. Murray, Washington, D.C.; Leslie A. Hulse, Washington, D.C.; Dena E. Wiggins, Washington, D.C.; Andrea J. Chambers, Katie Leesman, Ballard Spahr, Washington, D.C., of counsel, filed a brief Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Defense, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in support of Respondents: Albert K. Butzel, New York, New York, of counsel, filed a brief Kimberly Ong, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-1568