Summary of the decision :

The Supreme Court has overruled the Chevron doctrine, which previously required courts to defer to "permissible" agency interpretations of statutes even when the court read the statute differently. [1]

The Court held that the Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency's interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous. [1]

The Court acknowledged that the holdings of prior cases that relied on the Chevron framework are still subject to statutory stare decisis, meaning their specific outcomes remain valid despite the change in interpretive methodology. [1] However, mere reliance on Chevron is not enough to justify overruling a statutory precedent. [1]

The Court rejected the dissent's argument that judges are not experts in the field of legal interpretation, stating that interpreting the law has been the "province and duty of the judicial department" for over 200 years. [1]

Sources [1] 22-451 Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (06/28/2024)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58 .pdf