2024 · Administrative law
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
Executive power · Administrative law
The question
Must courts defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute under Chevron?
The outcome
The Court overruled Chevron and held that courts must exercise independent judgment on statutory meaning under the Administrative Procedure Act. Existing holdings upholding particular agency actions were not automatically overturned.
See the votes & context
- Majority (6)
- John G. Roberts, Jr., Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett
- Dissent (2)
- Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan
- Did not participate
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Loper Bright was 6–2: Jackson did not participate. She joined Kagan’s dissent only in the Relentless companion case, where the vote was 6–3.
Only participating justices are assigned votes. Separate writings and partial joins can differ from the overall judgment.