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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Bonser-Lain

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Texas
Year
2011
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Bonser-Lain v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

About this case

Filing year
2011
Status
Opinion issued dismissing for want of subject matter jurisdiction.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Texas
Docket number
03-12-00555-CV
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Texas Court of Appeals (Tex. App.)
Case category
Public Trust Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → Public Trust Doctrine
At issue
Proceedings seeking to compel Texas state agency to adopt rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to public trust doctrine.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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07/23/2014
Opinion issued dismissing for want of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Texas Court of Appeals ruled that the district court erred in concluding that it had subject matter jurisdiction. The appellate court concluded that neither the Texas Administrative Procedure Act nor the Texas Water Code waived sovereign immunity for judicial review of denials of rulemaking petitions.
Decision
07/19/2013
Amicus brief filed by business and industry groups in support of appellant.
Amicus Motion/Brief
05/09/2013
Amicus brief filed in support of appellees.
Amicus Motion/Brief
04/22/2013
Brief filed by appellees.
Brief
02/19/2013
Brief filed by appellant Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Brief

Summary

Proceedings seeking to compel Texas state agency to adopt rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to public trust doctrine.

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Group
Topics
Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance