Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo 2024
Must courts defer to an agency’s reasonable reading of an ambiguous statute?
603 U.S. 369 (2024)Federal and state power
- The question
- Must courts defer to an agency’s reasonable reading of an ambiguous statute?
- What the Court held
- No. Courts must exercise independent judgment on what a statute means; the Chevron doctrine was overruled.
- The vote
- 6–2. Justice Jackson did not take part; 6–3 in the companion case.
- Read the opinion
- 603 U.S. 369 (2024), full text
This page summarizes the Court’s judgment in neutral terms. The opinion, concurrences and dissents are the authority; read them for the reasoning.