The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 0 decision, held that the D.C. Circuit failed to afford the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (the “STB”) the substantial judicial deference required in NEPA cases. The ...

Last year, when the Supreme Court stripped the judicial deference granted to federal agencies to make decisions about implementing congressional statutes, many feared that judges would become the only ...

In one of its final decisions in 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), ...

Industry groups are urging a federal appellate court to uphold a ruling for judicial deference to a plan administrator in interpreting a plan under ERISA. The case before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...

The Supreme Court eliminated so-called “Chevron deference” more than a year ago. Hatched from the 1984 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council ruling, the doctrine held that courts should defer ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is reshaping federal land use in Wyoming and policy throughout the United States. The ruling reversed decades of ...

A prison guard transfers Alien Enemies Act deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Mar. 16, 2025 (El Salvador ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is reshaping federal land use in Wyoming and policy throughout the United States. The ruling reversed decades of ...