Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo
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In Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court addressed the principle of Chevron deference, a judicial precedent established in 1984. This doctrine required courts to defer to an administrative agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency was tasked with enforcing.12
The case involved a rule from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that required the fishing industry to pay for federal observers monitoring commercial fishing. Loper Bright Enterprises argued that the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act did not explicitly grant the NMFS the authority to impose such costs.1
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference rule. The Court held that this deference was inconsistent with the Administrative Procedure Act, which outlines how federal agencies create and enforce regulations and how courts review agency actions.12
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