The Supreme Court has rejected the utility industry's request to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision allowing lawsuits filed under state law claiming "nuisance" from power plants' emissions, letting stand a ruling that critics charged could undermine the Clean Air Act's role as the primary driver of clean air policy. In its June 2 orders, the justices declined without comment certiorari in GenOn Power Midwest, L.P. v. Kristie Bell, et al. In the challenge, power company GenOn, with the support of industry amici, was seeking to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit's decision allowing a nuisance suit to go forward under state tort law.
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机译：最高法院已拒绝了公用事业行业的请求，要求听取其对下级法院的裁决的上诉，该裁决允许根据州法律提起诉讼，要求发电厂排放物造成“令人讨厌”，并维持一项裁决，指责批评者可能破坏《清洁空气法》（Clean Air Act）的作用。清洁空气政策的主要推动力。在6月2日的命令中，法官在GenOn Power Midwest，L.P.诉Kristie Bell等人的案中未作任何评论。在挑战中，电力公司GenOn在业界amici的支持下，试图推翻美国上诉法院的第三巡回法院的裁决，该裁决允许骚扰诉讼根据州侵权法继续进行。
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