Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
- Decided
- June 25, 1984
- Docket
- 82-1005
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 20,645 timesOverruled (verified)Overruled by Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024) (verified: Constitution Annotated, Library of Congress) · Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
What later courts said
- holding that "a court may not substitute its own construction of a statutory provision for a reasonable interpretation made by the administrator of an agency" — Jean Patrick Michel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (2000)
- concluding that an agency deserves deference where its policy “represents a reasonable accommodation of manifestly competing interests” — Methodist Hospital of Sacramento v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1994)
- holding that where Congress has explicitly delegated responsibility to an agency, the regulation deserves “controlling weight” — Amy Cohen v. Brown University (1993)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, Pub. L. 95-95, 91 Stat. 685, Congress enacted certain requirements appli [*840] cable to States that had not achieved the national air quality standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to earlier legislation. The amended Clean Air Act required these “nonattainment” States to establish a permit program regulating “new or modified major stationary sources” of air pollution. Generally, a permit may not be issued for a new or modified major stationary source unless several stringent conditions are met. [1]
The EPA regulation promulgated to implement this permit requirement allows a State to adopt a plantwide definition of the term “stationary source.” [2]
Statutes cited
- 42 U.S.C. § 17607
- 42 U.S.C. § 7501
- 42 U.S.C. § 7502
- 42 U.S.C. § 7503
Cite this
Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)Read the full opinion
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