SUPREME COURT WEIGHS STANDING ISSUE IN CHALLENGE TO EPA REGULATION

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case on the responsibility of petitioners to establish standing -- or the legal right to sue -- when they challenge EPA and other agency actions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is the court that hears challenges to many agency regulations. While the case could result in weaker requirements for plaintiffs to establish standing, an EPA source says the government does not expect...