West Virginia v. EPA
597 U.S. 697 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Applied the major-questions doctrine to reject EPA's asserted authority for the generation-shifting approach at issue.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
7 issue placements
Climate & Public Health
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Climate & Public Health. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Climate Mitigation, Decarbonization & Clean Energy
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Climate Mitigation, Decarbonization & Clean Energy. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Coastal Climate Risk & Insurance
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Coastal Climate Risk & Insurance. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Disaster Recovery & Community Resilience
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Disaster Recovery & Community Resilience. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Energy Affordability & Just Transition
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Energy Affordability & Just Transition. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Extraction, Land Use & Community Consent
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Extraction, Land Use & Community Consent. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Inland Water, Drought & Heat
West Virginia v. EPA rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Inland Water, Drought & Heat. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not eliminate EPA's Clean Air Act authority or all climate regulation; statutory basis and regulatory design matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.