Today, June 28, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued an opinion (link HERE) overruling Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce. Chevron deference call referred to the prior rule that courts should defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the opinion of […]
On June 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held in a 5-4 opinion that an 1868 treaty between the United States and the Navajo Nation setting aside land for a reservation does not require the U.S. to secure water rights for the reservation. While the reservation is outside of California, SCOTUS’s […]
On May 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to reconsider its ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. In Chevron, the Court ruled that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute so long as that interpretation is reasonable. The case that may change (or at […]
