Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC

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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.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
administrative law case ⓘ
environmental law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw administrative procedure ⓘ
environmental regulation ⓘ
nuclear energy regulation ⓘ
citation 435 U.S. 519 ⓘ
55 L. Ed. 2d 460 ⓘ
98 S. Ct. 1197 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1978-04-03 ⓘ
holding Courts may not require agencies to use particular rulemaking procedures such as cross-examination or discovery absent statutory command ⓘ
Reviewing courts may not impose additional procedural requirements on administrative agencies beyond those required by the Administrative Procedure Act or the agency’s organic statute or its own regulations ⓘ
The Administrative Procedure Act establishes the maximum as well as the minimum procedural requirements for informal rulemaking unless Congress provides otherwise ⓘ
impact became a leading precedent in U.S. administrative law on agency procedures ⓘ
limited judicial power to superimpose procedural requirements on agencies ⓘ
reinforced the primacy of the Administrative Procedure Act in governing informal rulemaking procedures ⓘ
issue Whether a court of appeals may require an agency to employ additional rulemaking procedures beyond those specified in the APA and relevant statutes ⓘ
joinedBy Byron R. White ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
legalPrinciple courts cannot use their own notions of proper procedures to overturn agency rulemaking ⓘ
judicial deference to agency procedural choices within statutory bounds ⓘ
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision D.C. Circuit imposed additional procedural requirements on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
opinionType unanimous decision ⓘ
petitioner Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation ⓘ
relatedCase Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe ⓘ
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. ⓘ
relatedConcept hard look review ⓘ
informal rulemaking ⓘ
notice-and-comment rulemaking ⓘ
respondent Natural Resources Defense Council ⓘ
other environmental groups ⓘ
result Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ
Atomic Energy Act ⓘ
subjectMatter Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing procedures for nuclear power plants ⓘ
term 1977 Term ⓘ

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