Chevron deference

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United States administrative law doctrine legal doctrine

Chevron deference is a U.S. administrative law doctrine under which courts defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency administers.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chevron step one	0
Chevron step two	0
Chevron step zero	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States administrative law doctrine ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ
appliedBy	United States Courts of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ federal courts ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	agency interpretations of statutes ⓘ ambiguous statutes ⓘ federal administrative agencies ⓘ statutes administered by the agency ⓘ
appliesToBranch	executive branch agencies ⓘ
appliesToConcept	agency expertise ⓘ delegation of authority ⓘ statutory ambiguity ⓘ
appliesWhen	Congress has delegated authority to the agency ⓘ agency acts within its delegated authority ⓘ agency interpretation has force of law ⓘ statute is ambiguous after using traditional tools of statutory construction ⓘ
asksQuestion	whether Chevron framework applies at all ⓘ whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue ⓘ whether the agency’s interpretation is reasonable ⓘ
basedOnWork	Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	court defers to reasonable agency interpretation ⓘ if congressional intent is clear, that intent controls ⓘ
contrastedWith	Auer deference NERFINISHED ⓘ Skidmore deference NERFINISHED ⓘ de novo review ⓘ
criticizedFor	encouraging vague statutory drafting by Congress ⓘ expanding executive branch power ⓘ weakening judicial role in statutory interpretation ⓘ
fieldOfWork	administrative law ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ
hasDomain	federal statutory law ⓘ
hasEffect	affects separation of powers balance ⓘ enhances agency policymaking discretion ⓘ limits judicial second-guessing of reasonable agency interpretations ⓘ shifts interpretive primacy to agencies in certain cases ⓘ
hasLimitation	does not apply to agency interpretations without force of law ⓘ does not apply when Congress has spoken clearly ⓘ does not apply where no delegation of authority is found ⓘ
hasPart	Chevron step one NERFINISHED ⓘ Chevron step two NERFINISHED ⓘ Chevron step zero NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
influencedBy	Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984) NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalTest	two-step framework ⓘ
partOf	Chevron deference NERFINISHED ⓘ Chevron deference NERFINISHED ⓘ Chevron deference NERFINISHED ⓘ

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FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. → relatedConcept → Chevron deference ⓘ