General Electric Company v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
53 F.3d 1324 (1995)
Relevant factsFree
The EPA (defendant) fined General Electric (plaintiff) $25,000 for processing PCBs in a way the agency concluded violated its regulations, based on an interpretation of those regulations GE argued was arbitrary and impermissible.
IssueFree
Whether an agency violates a regulated party's due process rights by imposing a fine for a regulatory violation when the agency has not provided fair notice of its interpretation of the regulation at issue.
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