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Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that set forth the legal test used when U.S. federal courts must defer to a government agency's interpretation of a law or statute. [1]
The doctrine established in the 1984 case allows federal agencies to make reasonable interpretations when laws are unclear or incomplete. A Supreme Court decision overturning longstanding 'Chevron ...
Between 2003 and 2013, circuit courts applied Chevron in 77% of decisions regarding regulatory disputes. [9] In years prior to the current case, the Supreme Court, with a majority of conservative justices, had been seen as leading towards weakening or overturning Chevron. In West Virginia v.
In two related cases, the fishermen asked the court to overturn the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which stems from a unanimous Supreme Court case involving the energy giant in a dispute over the ...
Case name Opinion Decided Summary Abbott v. United States: 09-479: 2010-11-15 Mandatory minimum sentences under federal sentencing law Los Angeles County v. Humphries: 09-350: 2010-11-30 Section 1983 actions are limited to those caused by a municipality's "policy or custom" regardless of whether the plaintiff seeks monetary or prospective relief.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge approved on Friday a $102 million settlement by the companies that owned and operated the ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing ...
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About 15,000 sought medical treatment for exposure to the smoke. On April 15, 2013, the US Chemical Safety Board released their preliminary report citing Chevron for a chronic failure to replace aging equipment and called for an overhaul of regulatory oversight of the industry to prevent such accidents from happening again.