· 10/11/1990
Jerry J. Wright v. Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Citations
- 913 F.2d 1566
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 17797
- 1990 WL 136705
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a claim arising under the National Flood Insurance Program is governed by the SFIP regulations in effect at the time the claim arose
- noting that great deference must be accorded agency’s interpretation of its own regulation
- “FEMA insists that it did not intend for the October Amendment to apply retroactively, and its interpretation of its own regulation is entitled to great deference by a reviewing court.”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Fay, Hoffman
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