Chevron deference
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chevron deference canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7702989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chevron deference Context triple: [FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., relatedConcept, Chevron deference]
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A.
Noerr-Pennington doctrine
The Noerr-Pennington doctrine is a U.S. legal principle that shields individuals and entities from antitrust liability when they petition the government, even if their efforts have anticompetitive effects.
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B.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute in human rights lawsuits against corporations for conduct occurring abroad.
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C.
SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. is a landmark U.S. securities law case that broadly defined insider trading liability and the disclosure obligations of publicly traded companies under federal law.
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D.
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil is a landmark U.S. climate change lawsuit in which an Alaskan village sued major energy companies for damages allegedly caused by global warming and resulting coastal erosion.
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E.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chevron deference Target entity description: 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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A.
Noerr-Pennington doctrine
The Noerr-Pennington doctrine is a U.S. legal principle that shields individuals and entities from antitrust liability when they petition the government, even if their efforts have anticompetitive effects.
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B.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute in human rights lawsuits against corporations for conduct occurring abroad.
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C.
SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. is a landmark U.S. securities law case that broadly defined insider trading liability and the disclosure obligations of publicly traded companies under federal law.
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D.
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil is a landmark U.S. climate change lawsuit in which an Alaskan village sued major energy companies for damages allegedly caused by global warming and resulting coastal erosion.
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E.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States administrative law doctrine
ⓘ
legal doctrine ⓘ |
| appliedBy |
United States Courts of Appeals
ⓘ
linked to:
United States courts of appeals
United States Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
federal courts ⓘ |
| appliesInJurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| 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
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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. ⓘ |
| consequence |
court defers to reasonable agency interpretation
ⓘ
if congressional intent is clear, that intent controls ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Auer deference
ⓘ
linked to:
Auer
Skidmore deference ⓘ de novo review ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
encouraging vague statutory drafting by Congress
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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
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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
ⓘ
Chevron step two ⓘ
linked to:
Chevron step zero
Chevron step zero ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984) ⓘ |
| legalTest | two-step framework ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chevron deference
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Chevron deference ⓘ Chevron deference ⓘ |
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Subject: Chevron deference Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
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subject linked to:
Chevron deference
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