The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped-up its 2023-24 term on July 1, leaving in its wake a spate of decisions that have heads still spinning. The most publicized decision was its affirmation inTrump v. United Statesthat presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for “official acts.” The...
Supreme Court Dismisses Chevron Appeal in Ecuador Environmental Damages CaseSupreme Court dismisses Chevron appeal--OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an...Blanchfield, Mike
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturnedChevron, USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case that, for nearly four decades, mandated that courts defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of the statutes they oversee. The Court’sLoper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondode...
The US Supreme Court’s June 28, 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce overruled the forty-year-old Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. decision, one of the most-cited cases in US la...
DiscardingChevron.One option for the Court is eliminating theChevrondoctrine altogether. If the Court takes this approach, the law would likely revert to the rule set forth in the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case ofSkidmore v. Swift & Co., which credits an agency's interpretation...
US Supreme Court dismisses human rights case against Chevron.(Features)(Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.)(Brief article)Mendoza, Naki B
The public interest law firm is one of several conservative, anti-regulation groups that have been preparing for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Chevron, according to Accountable.US, a nonpartisan research organization focused on special interests. ...
In such a case, a court may not substitute its own construction of a statutory provision for a reasonable interpretation made by the administrator of an agency. [Footnote 13] We have long recognized that considerable weight should be accorded to an executive department's construction of a ...
Chevron filed a lawsuit in the Second District Court of New York under the RICO (Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations) Act which breathlessly accused nearly every named Ecuadorian plaintiff, lawyer, scientific consultant, and allied activist organization involved in the Ecuadorian case – in...
A major Supreme Court ruling Friday that shifted power from the executive branch to the judiciary stands to transform how the federal government works.