Hollyfrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Association
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 25, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 25, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus HOLLYFRONTIER CHEYENNE REFINING, LLC, ET AL. v. RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 20–472. Argued April 27, 2021—Decided June 25, 2021 When Congress created the renewable fuel program (RFP) requiring most domestic refineries to blend renewable fuels into the transporta- tion fuels they produce, see 42 U. S. C. §7545 (o)(1)(J), (o)(1)(L), (o)(2)(A)(i), it added features designed to lessen the impact of the pro- gram’s mandates on small refineries. At the outset, Congress created a blanket exemption from RFP obligations for all small refineries until 2011. §7545(o)(9)(A)(i). Congress also directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “extend the exemption under clause (i)” for at least two years if the RFP obligations would impose “a dispropor- tionate economic hardship” on a given small refinery. §7545(o)(9)(A)(ii). Finally, Congress offered the…
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