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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Chevron Deference Decisions and Its Implications on Businesses

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A win for business. The Supreme Court ends Chevron Deference in a spate of recent decisions limiting administrative authority and assisting regulated parties in challenging agency rulemaking. Loper Bright and Relentless-...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Farewell, Chevron: Navigating Corporate Regulation Under Loper Bright

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In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 (U.S. June 28, 2024), the United States Supreme Court (Roberts, J.) held that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires courts to independently determine whether an...more

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A Brave New World: The Supreme Court Torpedoes the 'Administrative State'

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The Supreme Court is at war with the “administrative state.” In three major cases decided at the end of the Supreme Court’s last term, the Court decided against the administrative state, reducing the powers of administrative...more

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Chevron Overruled

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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overruled its long-standing Chevron doctrine and delivered a blow to federal agencies’ regulatory authority by vesting statutory interpretation in the judiciary....more

Rumberger | Kirk

SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Deference – With Immediate Impact

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On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo that overturned the “Chevron deference” standard laid out in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Demise of Chevron: Key Takeaways

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule its 1984 Chevron opinion means that when reviewing agency interpretation of a statute, courts now must exercise their independent judgment as to whether an agency acted...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Chevron Is Out of Gas: The End of Deference to Agency Interpretations

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Chevron is out of gas. For the past 40 years, Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council (Chevron), was the seminal case of administrative law holding that federal courts defer to agency’s interpretations of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Chevron ‘Sleeps with the Fishes': US Supreme Court Sinks Deference to Agency Interpretation of Statutes

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On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., which for 40 years required court deference to reasonable agency...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron Deference, Changing the Landscape of Agency Rulemaking

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For nearly 40 years, when a court found that a statute was ambiguous, the court deferred to the reasonable interpretation of the federal agency administering the statute. This principle—known as Chevron deference, after the...more

Jenner & Block

Potential Impacts of Chevron’s Overruling on Tribal Interests

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce—overruling the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine. The opinion is likely to set...more

Gardner Law

U.S. Overturns Chevron Doctrine

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The United States Supreme Court ended the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine which directed federal courts to give deference to administrative agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous federal statutes. The June 28, 2024...more

Snell & Wilmer

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? The End of Chevron Deference and Its Impact on Employee Benefits

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court published a landmark ruling that overturned decades of judicial deference to government agencies under the so-called Chevron doctrine. This decision fundamentally alters the landscape of...more

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Supreme Court Overrules Chevron, Eliminating Deference to Agencies

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\On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo removing the requirement that federal courts defer to agency interpretations on matters of law. ​This decision overrules the...more

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Supreme Court overturns Chevron; issues other decisions impacting NRC and agencies

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a number of decisions over the past few days that impact administrative agencies, including the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”). The biggest impact is anticipated to come from the...more

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SCOTUS overrules Chevron—a gut punch to the administrative state?

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On Friday, SCOTUS issued its decision in two very important cases, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept of Commerce, about whether the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has the authority to...more

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Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Curbing Authority of Federal Agencies

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On Friday, June 28, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in one of the most consequential administrative law cases in decades. In Loper Bright v. Raimondo (consolidated with Relentless v. Department of Commerce), the...more

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US Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Deference to Agencies in Loper Bright and Relentless

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The decision establishes that courts, not federal regulatory agencies, have final authority over the meaning of federal laws implicating those agencies and the limits on their authority. On June 28, 2024, the US Supreme...more

McGlinchey Stafford

This is the End … of Chevron Deference. What Does It Mean and What Comes Next?

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On June 28, 2024, in a maximalist decision that went further than even the most ardent opponents of Chevron deference thought possible, the Supreme Court finally and emphatically overruled Chevron deference, the watershed...more

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What Does the End of Chevron Deference Mean for Federal Health Care Programs?

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court rejected the doctrine of Chevron deference in the closely watched case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that Chevron’s rule that courts must defer...more

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Supreme Court Curtails Agency Power By Overturning Chevron Deference

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning “Chevron deference,” a tool for interpreting ambiguous statutes administered by administrative agencies. The 40-year-old Chevron doctrine held...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: End of an Era: The Supreme Court Reverses Chevron

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At the tail end of the 2023–24 term, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce—reversing the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, overruling the doctrine of Chevron deference and holding that courts “must exercise their independent judgment in...more

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Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Restrain Federal Administrative Agency Power

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“Landmark” perhaps gets applied too often to court decisions these days, but the Supreme Court of the United States this week decided a pair of cases—Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Go Fish! U.S. Supreme Court Overturns ‘Chevron Deference’ to Federal Agencies: What It Means for Employers

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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Deference in Loper Bright Decision

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In a landmark decision on June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo (Loper Bright), overturning the four-decades-old deference doctrine established in Chevron...more

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