For four decades, federal courts relied on the Chevron doctrine to guide their approach in determining whether to defer to an agency’s interpretation of a statute. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court concluded that the forty-year-old Chevron doctrine violated the judicial review provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. This white paper explores the near-term implications of Loper Bright for administrative law and provides initial guidance for litigators defending agency actions.
An accompanying article in the Yale Journal on Regulation provides further insight intended to help those defending agency actions best position their Loper Bright arguments in lower courts.
This resource was commissioned by or produced by staff of the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy before the organization rebranded as Ridgeline Center for Law and Policy in 2026.