Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
- Law360
- Law360 UK
- Law360 Pulse
- Law360 Employment Authority
- Law360 Tax Authority
- Law360 Insurance Authority
- Law360 Real Estate Authority
- Law360 Healthcare Authority
- Law360 Bankruptcy Authority
- Products
- Lexis®
- Law360 In-Depth
- Law360 Podcasts
- Rankings
- Regional Powerhouses
- Law360's MVPs
- Women in Law Report
- Law360 400
- Diversity Snapshot
- Practice Groups of the Year
- Rising Stars
- Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
- Sections
- Adv. Search & Platform Tools
- About all sections
- Browse all sections
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Class Action
- Competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Expert Analysis
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Product Liability
- Securities
- Beta Tools
- Track docs
- Track attorneys
- Track judges
Sierra Club v. Energy Future Holdings Corporation et al
Case Number:
6:12-cv-00108
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Judge:
Firms
Companies
Sectors & Industries:
-
September 10, 2014
$6M Sierra Club Lashing Puts Fee Penalties Back Into Play
A Texas federal judge's recent decision to force the Sierra Club to pay $6.4 million in attorneys' fees for filing a "frivolous" Clean Air Act citizen suit has excited defense attorneys, who experts say may now seek to impose the rarely used penalty on environmental groups more often.
-
September 02, 2014
Sierra Club Must Pay $6.4M In Fees Over 'Frivolous' CAA Suit
A Texas federal judge has ordered the Sierra Club to pay $6.4 million in attorneys' fees for filing what he described as a "frivolous" lawsuit accusing Energy Future Holdings Corp. subsidiary Luminant Generation Co. LLC of committing Clean Air Act violations.
-
February 28, 2014
Luminant Beats $470M Pollution Suit Over Texas Coal Plant
A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that operations at a coal-fired plant owned by Energy Future Holdings Corp. subsidiary Luminant Generation Co. LLC did not violate the Clean Air Act, ending the Sierra Club's $470 million suit against the energy giant.
-
May 02, 2012
Luminant Faces CAA Suit Over Texas Coal Plant Emissions
Sierra Club lodged a Clean Air Act suit against Luminant Generation Co. LLC in Texas federal court Tuesday, claiming the company's own data shows one of its coal-fired plants released illegal amounts of particulate matter pollution on more than 6,000 occasions since July 2007.