Dutton v. Department of Social Welfare

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “where a statute is silent as to a specific issue, we will defer to an agency’s interpretation” if based on permissible construction
• “[DJetermining whether the federal and state definitions are consistent is a matter that requires statutory interpretation — the exclusive province of the courts.” (quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).