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· 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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