The End of Chevron Deference and the Loper Bright/Relentless Cases: Client Alert Digest

Summary

In what may be one of the most consequential decisions in administrative law, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided two cases that determine the constitutionality of what had been a long-standing interpretation of federal agencies' ability to interpret law and issue regulatory guidance. See Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 144 S. Ct. 2244 (2024). The Court in this pair of cases decided on June 27, 2024, to overturn its 1984 decision in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), in which the court concluded that courts should defer to a federal agency's interpretation of a statute so long as the interpretation was reasonable.