American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut

Target entity: American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
Context triple: [Kivalina v. ExxonMobil, courtReliedOn, American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut]

• A. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC
  Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited courts’ ability to impose additional procedural requirements on federal agencies beyond those mandated by the Administrative Procedure Act and relevant statutes.
• B. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
  United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly broadened the federal government’s authority to regulate non-navigable waterways under the Commerce Clause.
• C. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court decision best known for Justice Brandeis’s articulation of the “Ashwander rules,” which limit the Court’s exercise of judicial review and emphasize constitutional avoidance.
• D. Alden v. Maine
  Alden v. Maine is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded state sovereign immunity by holding that states are generally immune from private suits for damages in their own courts under federal law.
• E. Kelo v. City of New London
  Kelo v. City of New London is a landmark 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the interpretation of “public use” under the Takings Clause to allow government seizure of private property for economic development projects.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
Target entity description: American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal common law public nuisance claims over greenhouse gas emissions are displaced by the Clean Air Act, making the Environmental Protection Agency the primary regulator of such emissions.

• A. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC
  Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited courts’ ability to impose additional procedural requirements on federal agencies beyond those mandated by the Administrative Procedure Act and relevant statutes.
• B. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
  United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly broadened the federal government’s authority to regulate non-navigable waterways under the Commerce Clause.
• C. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court decision best known for Justice Brandeis’s articulation of the “Ashwander rules,” which limit the Court’s exercise of judicial review and emphasize constitutional avoidance.
• D. Alden v. Maine
  Alden v. Maine is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded state sovereign immunity by holding that states are generally immune from private suits for damages in their own courts under federal law.
• E. Kelo v. City of New London
  Kelo v. City of New London is a landmark 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the interpretation of “public use” under the Takings Clause to allow government seizure of private property for economic development projects.
• F. None of above. chosen