"Don't be a blockhead, " Superior Court Judge Dwayne Moring told Robbins, borrowing a line from Charlie Brown's friend Lucy.

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Klee, now at the firm Crowell and Moring, thinks the court will likely the decide the case on narrow grounds, and most likely for the EPA. "The Supreme Court isn't going to issue a broad ruling that will solve the problem, " she predicts.

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