Courts Grapple With Loper Fallout Amid Doubts On New Deference Standard

Federal courts are grappling with implementing the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Loper Bright that ended deference for EPA and other agencies as legal experts warn of significant uncertainty given the high court did not endorse a specific standard with which to replace so-called Chevron deference. “It’s TBD” what deference standard comes to replace Chevron , Sharon Jacobs, professor of law at the University of California Berkeley Law School, told the Environmental Law Institute’s (ELI) Annual 2024 Supreme...