Oklahoma v. EPA

Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency
Decided June 18, 2025
Full case nameOklahoma v. EPA
Docket no.23-1067
Citations605 U.S. 609 (more)
145 S.Ct. 1720
Holding
EPA disapprovals of state implementation plans under the Clean Air Act are locally or regionally applicable actions, not national ones, so challenges to them should be heard in regional circuits.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson
ConcurrenceGorsuch (in judgment), joined by Roberts
Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Clean Air Act

Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency, 605 U.S. 609 (2025), was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States that addressed where lawsuits challenging certain EPA actions must be filed. The Court held that when the EPA disapproves a state implementation plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act, that decision is a local or regional action, not a national one. As a result, challenges must be brought in the appropriate regional federal appeals courts, rather than exclusively in the D.C. Circuit.