National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife

National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 17, 2007 Decided June 25, 2007
Full case name	National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
Citations	551 U.S. 644 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2518; 168 L. Ed. 2d 467; 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8312
Case history
Prior	420 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2005); cert. granted, 549 U.S. 1105 (2007).
Holding
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Laws applied
Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act

National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife, 551 U.S. 644 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case about federal jurisdiction over anti-pollution statutes.^[1] Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion of the Court, holding that the Endangered Species Act did not require the Environmental Protection Agency to apply additional criteria when evaluating a transfer of pollution control jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. Justices John Paul Stevens and Stephen Breyer wrote dissenting opinions.