Seminole Rock deference

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Auer_deference
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_courts
regulation is ambiguous
judicial review of agency interpretations of their own regulations
gptkbp:criticizedFor granting excessive power to administrative agencies
gptkbp:doesNotApplyWhen agency interpretation is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation
gptkbp:firstReleased 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seminole Rock deference
gptkbp:meaning courts defer to an agency's interpretation of its own ambiguous regulation unless plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Bowles_v._Seminole_Rock_&_Sand_Co.
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:Kisor_v._Wilkie
gptkbp:reaffirms gptkb:Auer_v._Robbins
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chevron_deference
gptkbp:subjectOf Supreme Court cases
legal scholarship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Auer_deference
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7