Brief for Respondents, in U.S. v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408, filed on December 6, 2013

December 9th was the due date for top-side merits briefs in six consolidated actions filed by various petitioners disputing new Environmental Protection Agency carbon emissions rules. Those cases are under the docket numbers 12-1146, 12-1248, 12-1254, 12-1268, 12-1269, and 12-1272.

Cockle Legal Briefs filed four of those briefs:

Brief of Petitioners in No. 12-1254, The Energy-Intensive Manufacturers Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Regulation and The Glass Packaging Institute

Brief for Petitioners Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., et al., No. 12-1268

Brief for the State Petitioners

Brief for Respondents Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc., Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Great Northern Project Development, L.P., and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in Support of Petitioners