Chevron deference

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appliesTo judicial review of administrative agency interpretations of statutes
United States administrative law
statute is ambiguous and agency interpretation is reasonable
gptkbp:criticizedFor granting too much power to administrative agencies
gptkbp:doesNotApplyWhen agency interpretation is unreasonable
statute is unambiguous
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:firstReleased 1984
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chevron deference
gptkbp:influenced administrative law jurisprudence in the United States
gptkbp:limitation subsequent Supreme Court decisions
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc.
gptkbp:potentiallyOverruledBy gptkb:Loper_Bright_Enterprises_v._Raimondo
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Auer_deference
gptkb:Skidmore_deference
gptkbp:significantCase gptkb:Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc.,_467_U.S._837_(1984)
gptkbp:sometimesReferredAs gptkb:Chevron_doctrine
gptkb:Chevron_test
gptkbp:standardizedBy courts defer to agency interpretation if statute is ambiguous and agency interpretation is reasonable
gptkbp:step determine whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue
if statute is ambiguous, determine whether agency's interpretation is reasonable
gptkbp:subjectOf legal scholarship
judicial debate
gptkbp:supportedBy promoting agency expertise and efficiency
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_federal_administrative_law
gptkb:Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6