High Court’s Chevron Decision Expected To Drive New Litigation ‘Flood’

The Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the fate of EPA and other agencies’ deference under the Chevron doctrine is almost certain to drive reams of new litigation and result in conflicting circuit decisions, legal observers say, given widespread expectations the justices will overturn or significantly cabin the doctrine. The “end of Chevron ” will bring a lot of instability that “will play out” across the country in a “flood of litigation,” Kwaku Akowuah, co-leader of the Sidley law firm's...