A new petition for certiorari filed by the United States urges the Supreme Court to stop lower courts from ordering “universal” preliminary relief under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). In recent years, the federal...more
The Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo1 has been described as accomplishing a seismic shift in administrative law. Rightly so. In the decision, the Court did away with so-called Chevron...more
In this episode, co-host Michael Dawson and Partner Kelly Dunbar discuss Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the recent decision that overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. In the initial 1984 decision,...more
The Supreme Court took the long-anticipated step of overruling Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837 (1984). The majority decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo means that...more
7/1/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Unconstitutional Condition
The Clean Power Plan is a program developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forcing electric power generation to shift from coal-fired plants to renewable sources, such as wind and...more
7/12/2022
/ Chevron Deference ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory History ,
SCOTUS ,
West Virginia v EPA
On April 1, 2021, in Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal or modify three ownership rules...more
On June 26, 2019, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in Kisor v. Wilkie. The question presented in Kisor was whether to overrule the Court’s prior decisions in Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), and Bowles v. Seminole...more
6/28/2019
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Ambiguous ,
Appeals ,
Auer Deference ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Judicial Review ,
Kisor v Wilkie ,
Reasonable Interpretations ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Veterans' Benefits